This building, which is next door to Treasures on the Korner on Main Street in Norwalk, was damaged when the adjoining tavern The Place burned in March 2018. Now, likely built in the early 1900s, is being demolished.
According to the book “A Journey Through Norwalk,” published in 1994, the building had a long history as a drugstore. First Farner & Seibolt owned it, followed by Mr. M.V. Douglas and son-in-law Mac McHugh. Later, A.G. Wepfer owned the store until his death in 1934. His wife then leased it to William Bosshard.
After Marion Wepfer graduated from the Marquette University pharmacy school in 1937, she returned to Norwalk and operated the store until 1940, when she and her mother moved to Madison.
Clayton Thomas became the new owner, and in 1952, he sold the business to Oswald John, who was the last to operate it as a drugstore. The Rexall Drugstore closed in 1972.