National Register of Historic Places

Bill, Gurdon, Store

Ledyard, New London County, Connecticut
Listed
April 11, 1982
Type
Building
Period
Industrial
Ref No.
82004368

About this property

The Gurdon Bill Store is located in Ledyard, Connecticut. Gurdon Bill and his partner Philip Gray purchased the land for the store in 1818; Gray sold his interest to Bill for $500 in 1819. Bill operated the store until his death in 1856 and the store is believed to have made its final transaction in 1868. It has not been used since it was sold to the Congregational Society in 1875, retaining its historical integrity. The store is an 18-by-30-foot (5.5 by 9.1 m) by 1+1⁄2-story gable-roofed clapboarded structure built upon fieldstone and stone blocks. It has some unusual architecture in the form of a pent-roof and three-part window shutters. Bruce Clouette, a consultant who prepared the Store's registration to the National Register for Historic Places on behalf of the Connecticut Historical Commission, describes the store as "the best preserved early 19th-century store known in Connecticut." The Gurdon Bill Store was added to the National Register of Historic Places on April 12, 1982.

Location

15 Church Hill Rd.
Ledyard, New London County, Connecticut
41.45753, -72.01357

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When was Bill, Gurdon, Store listed on the National Register?

Bill, Gurdon, Store was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on April 11, 1982.

What type of historic resource is Bill, Gurdon, Store?

Bill, Gurdon, Store is classified as a building in the National Register of Historic Places.

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The period of significance for Bill, Gurdon, Store is recorded as the industrial era.

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