located connecticut land store purchased partner gray sold interest store bill operated store death store believed final transaction sold retaining historical integrity store feet feet half story structure built stone blocks unusual architecture form roof window describes store best preserved early 19th century store known connecticut bill store added national_register_of_historic_places april design bill store named born land originally purchased bill partner notes years later bill sole owner property record says gray sold interest store bill bill continued run store shortly death age bill went later went work merchants setting store later incorporated connecticut notes brief passage store bill family soon sold limited use store preserving historical integrity local historians speculate store final transaction store boarded left essentially unused built feet feet half story store walls extend higher ceiling attic additional storage space wood roof smaller roof facade projects foot wall unusual new_england architecture foundation store built stone blocks ground store cellar main facade large light sliding windows left covered main door dutch door plain frame right smaller window rear facade plain devoid windows north end windows attic south end windows attic interior consists large room south end main entrance smaller connecting rooms north walls main room wide board horizontal panels large shaped counter running parallel south west walls counter tiers pine west wall built simple wooden pulls open east wall bench connected rooms north similar having walls narrow board hooks simple sliding windows post brick diagonal importance writes bill store best preserved early 19th century store known connecticut earlier store buildings elegant ones appear bill store unique retaining original features intact particularly interior submitted criteria country store supplied items local farmers needed produce manufacture building submitted adapted preserved architectural integrity store unusual roof window purpose entirely known locally bill store rumored tavern inn evidence record indicates use apparently historical marker immediate vicinity ties store birthplace america episcopal bishop conclusive evidence claim exists
Gurdon Bill Store