Gurdon Bill Store

Gurdon Bill Store
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Gurdon Bill store in 2014
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Location	15 Church Hill Road, Ledyard, Connecticut
Coordinates	41°27′26″N 72°0′51″W / 41.45722°N 72.01417°W / 41.45722; -72.01417
Area	0.3 acres (0.12 ha)
Built	1818
NRHP reference No.	82004368[1]
Added to NRHP	April 12, 1982

The Gurdon Bill Store is located in Ledyard, Connecticut. In 1818, the land for the store was purchased by Gurdon Bill and his partner, Philip Gray. In 1819, Gray sold his interest in the store for $500. 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. Clouette 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.