{"nrhp_refnum":"04000285","name":"Manion's General Store","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"52 Ferndale Rd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Ferndale","county":"Sullivan County","state":"NY","lat":41.77392858800005,"lon":-74.73897141399993,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2004-04-15","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Commerce","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-and-one-half-story wood-frame general store and post office building at 52 Ferndale Road in the hamlet of Ferndale, Sullivan County, New York, built c1915-1925 by brothers Fred and Thomas Manion.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the store is significant for its link to Ferndale's growth during the early twentieth-century Jewish resort era and as an extremely intact example of a typical mixed-use commercial building. It combined a department store and a post office, and its plan, shelving, counters and finishes survive almost unchanged because Fred Manion made few alterations.","narrative":"Standing at the main crossroads of Ferndale, a hamlet in Sullivan County, New York, this large clapboard building was erected between about 1915 and 1925 by brothers Fred and Thomas Manion. Fred ran the store and Thomas served as postmaster. The building has a stone foundation, a broad gable roof with exposed rafters, and a wide wooden storefront with a recessed entrance. Inside, the retail space and post office remain divided, with original shelving, counters, postal windows and a heavy central stair linking basement, two floors and attic. Upstairs, a five-room apartment housed the postmaster. The store supplied hardware, household goods, clothing, feed and groceries to Ferndale and the surrounding area during its years as a resort community serving Jewish vacationers from New York City. Fred Manion kept the business going until the late 1970s and changed little, so the building illustrates early twentieth-century commerce in a small hamlet. It was listed for this commercial history and its remarkable integrity.","period_of_significance":"c1915-c1925","architect_builder":"unknown (built by Fred and Thomas Manion)","architectural_style":"no style","criteria":["A"],"status_note":"Fred Manion operated the store until the late 1970s and the post office remained until the 1980s; the form's current function is listed as specialty store.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:51:53.037308-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/04000285.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/04000285/24bb634146-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/04000285/24bb634146-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Vonsky87","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Manion%27s_General_Store,_Frendale_NY.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Vonsky87</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Manion%27s_General_Store,_Frendale_NY.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75322393","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manion%27s_General_Store","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6749794"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/sullivan-county/manions-general-store-04000285/"}