Samuel Sweet Canal Store

Historic commercial building in New York, United States

United States historic place

Samuel Sweet Canal Store is a historic commercial building located at 65 Bridge Street in Amsterdam, Montgomery County, New York. It was built c.1847 to service barges on the Erie Canal, as both a store and a forwarding warehouse for goods shipped across the Mohawk River.^[2]

It is a three-story, rectangular building measuring approximately 30 feet by 70 feet built of rough cut, pale grey limestone and has a shallow pitched gable roof.^[3]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1989.^[1]

References

1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
2. Historic sign on site
3. Anthony Ardito and Alicia Jettner (June 1989). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Samuel Sweet Canal Store". New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. Retrieved 2010-09-11. See also: "Accompanying five photos".