1318-1350 S MIDVALE BLVD

1318-1350 S MIDVALE BLVD

Dane

Madison

1957

2001

grocery store/supermarket

Contemporary

Masonry

Brick

No

The Brookwood Village Shopping Center was erected in 1957. It is composed of two, free-standing, Astylistic utilitarian buildings united by a below-grade courtyard. The westerly of the two buildings is a one-story, squarish building of orange brick. It was constructed to house the National Food Store. This building is topped by a flat, parapeted roof. A tall pylon of coursed fieldstone marks the entrance into the structure. Letters reading: DORN PAINT HARDWARE appear on the pylon above the roofline. A bank of display windows wraps around the corner at the base of the pylon. Two metal-and-glass doors set next to each other provide an entrance and an exit as was typical of mid-twentieth century supermarkets. Above the entrance and the south-facing display windows, a heavy metal canopy with a large awning matching the one on the easterly building can be seen. West of the awning is what was probably the original loading dock. It has been extended and enclosed with concrete and vertical boards, an alteration that appears to date from c. 1990.


The westerly building was constructed to house the National Food Store supermarket; it was succeeded by Del Farm Food Store, in residence until at least 1969. Since at least 1973, Dorn Hardware has been located here.

Also on parcel is a shopping center (AHI 124602) and terrace (124604).

Architecture/History Survey. April and May 2001. Prepared by Elizabeth Miller.

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