Old D. A. Young Building

Historical marker location:

Kyle, Texas

( nw corner of S. Burleson and Miller)

Marker installed: 1968

First permanent store in Kyle. Builder, David Alexander Young (1841-1883), moved with parents to Texas from Tennessee, 1857. D. A. Young, one of 179 Hays County men in Civil War, was wounded fighting in Woods' 32nd Cavalry.

When International & Great Northern Railway came into Kyle, Young and wife, Fannie Elizabeth, moved here from Mountain City.

This 1881 building was given to city of Kyle in 1936 by M. G. Michaelis, Sr., early-day rancher.

Recorded Texas Historic Landmark - 1968.

commercial buildings markets, mercantiles

Texas was once an independent country: After winning its independence from Mexico in 1836, Texas became its own country, known as the Republic of Texas. It existed as an independent nation for nine years before being annexed by the United States in 1845.