[et_pb_section bb_built=”1″][et_pb_row][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text _builder_version=”3.0.66″ background_layout=”light” text_orientation=”left” text_font_size=”22″ border_style=”solid”]<\/p>\n
Scofield Building<\/strong><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=”3.0.66″ background_layout=”light” text_orientation=”left” text_font_size=”18″ border_style=”solid”]<\/p>\n Hayes Scriven<\/em><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=”3.0.66″ background_layout=”light” text_orientation=”left” border_style=”solid”]<\/p>\n The first building located on the southeast corner of Division and Fifth Streets, a site now occupied by J. Grundy\u2019s Rueb ‘N’ Stein, was the Jenkins House and Tavern. Herman Jenkins built the hotel in 1856 out of wood. It burned in 1867 and was replaced a year later with the Scofield Building.<\/p>\n The Scofield Building served as a drugstore for the patients of John Scofield, the first doctor in Northfield and in Rice County. Scofield was also a Methodist minister. He and his family moved to Northfield after the Civil War. The Scofield Building, like several others constructed around this time\u2014including the Scriver Building and the Bjoraker Building\u2014originally was made from limestone.<\/p>\n The Scofield Building is relatively small due to the shape of its lot. When it was first built, it had a narrow front on Division Street and a long side on Fifth Street. The two brick buildings next to the Scofield were constructed in 1907 and 1908.<\/p>\n Scofield ran his drugstore on the first floor. A printing shop occupied the second floor. In 1878, a fire started in the printing shop and likely destroyed most of the building. Scofield\u2019s wife, Betsy, who had urged him to purchase fire insurance on the building (he did), said that the next morning nothing was standing but the \u201cstone walls.\u201d<\/p>\n Scofield rebuilt, using brick and cast iron this time. He also added a sheet metal cornice. Now only the word \u201cSTORE\u201d remains, but originally it read \u201c1878 Drug Store.\u201d The local paper commented: \u201cThat cornice is a thing of beauty and may be a joy forever.\u201d<\/p>\n One of the distinctive features of the Scofield Building, added when it was rebuilt, is its corner doorway. This made sense given the narrowness of the building, but it also provided an inviting entrance accented by cast iron Corinthian columns.<\/p>\n A variety of businesses\u2014the drug store, a shoe store, and a grocery store\u2014occupied the ground floor over the years, and the upstairs served as a roadhouse or rooming house. Finally, in 1942, Grundy\u2019s Corner Bar opened. It has occupied the building since that time.<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"