The Mrs. Young Building on the Fayetteville Square was built and first owned by Mrs. Sarah Jessie Young.
She moved to Fayetteville in 1877 with her husband, a traveling dentist. They divorced in 1883, and she began work as a studio photographer, among the earliest in Fayetteville.
In 1887, she contracted to construct a building on the west side of the Square, purchasing the front metal façade from the Mesker Brothers Iron Works of St. Louis. The building is an Italianate style.
After Young moved away from Fayetteville in 1907, the building was used for a variety of functions, including a restaurant, grocery, bank, millinery, and dry goods.
During most of the 20th century, though, it served for nearly 60 years as a women’s clothing store named Matilda’s. In 1999, the Bank of Fayetteville purchased it to enlarge the bank’s office space.
It was nominated and approved for listing in the National Register of Historic Places on June 25, 1999.