Historic Provo building sells for $1.1 million

PROVO — A historic retail building, originally built in the 1920s to house a furniture store at 295 W. Center Street, has been sold for a reported $1.1 million.

The three-story building was most recently the home of Provo Craft & Novelty. Originally, it was the Dixon, Taylor, Russell Co. According to historical records, Arthur N. Taylor, Albert F. Dixon and Sidney W. Russell put their furniture corporation together in 1821. Taylor was vice president of another company, Taylor Brothers Co., while Dixon had partnered with his father in the Dixon Real Estate Co.

Commerce CRG agent Ben Pike represented the seller, the Richard Meyer trust, which rented to Provo Craft until the company moved out a few years ago. The buyer's name was not disclosed.

— Rodger L. Hardy