{"nrhp_refnum":"79003246","name":"Bryan's Store","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"435 Loudon Rd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Loudonville","county":"Albany County","state":"NY","lat":42.705676606000054,"lon":-73.75425384699997,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1979-10-04","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A wood-frame building at 435 Loudon Road in Loudonville, Town of Colonie, Albany County, New York, used as a saloon, then a general store and post office, and now a grocery store with apartments. It was moved to its present site in the second year of the Civil War; its original construction date is unknown.","why_significant":"The building has served the Loudonville community since it was moved to the site, first as a store and post office and later as a grocery, and is regarded as a local landmark. It is also part of the historic Loudon Road (Albany-Mohawk Plank Road) corridor near Ireland's Corners, and was included in a survey of historic resources along Route 9.","narrative":"Bryan's Store is a long-serving commercial building at 435 Loudon Road in Loudonville, in the Town of Colonie. It began as a saloon and was moved to its present site during the second year of the Civil War, from across the road or possibly from the fairgrounds in Menands. Ralph A. Gove then opened it as the Loudonville store and post office, followed by William Woods, who kept the business the same. Arnol Bryan took over in 1926-27, and the post office moved elsewhere about 1932 while the grocery continued. Apartments were added later. The building has hand-hewn ceiling beams, intact saloon side windows that once opened onto a veranda, a slate roof and an old brick foundation. A rear barn was used for shoeing horses and still has tying rings and original doors. Set in a mixed residential and commercial area on the historic Albany-Mohawk Plank Road, it is valued as a community landmark.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":null,"criteria":[],"status_note":"Currently in use as a grocery store and apartments; the store is open to the public. Threats listed include zoning, roads, developers and deterioration.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:50:39.319668-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/79003246.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/79003246/e7ab3cba4f-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/79003246/e7ab3cba4f-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Collin Manley","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bryan%27s_Store.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Collin Manley</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:Bryan%27s_Store.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75312035","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bryan%27s_Store","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4979924"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/albany-county/bryans-store-79003246/"}