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BATH / AP
A historic general store and tourist attraction in New Hampshire that closed earlier this year is up for auction.
The Brick Store in Bath was built in the late 1700s or early 1800s. It closed after several years of financial hardship, and is up for auction on Wednesday.
The store is believed to be one of the oldest continually-operated general stores in America.
There’s also a gift shop and a 1950s-style ice cream shop on the property, along with space formerly used as an art studio and apartment.
Auctioneer Paul McInnis Inc. lists its assessed real estate value as $326,400.
It is known through other documentation to have been standing in 1814, and was damaged by fire in 1824. Repairs at that time probably included the addition of Greek Revival elements to the building’s exterior. Although numerous Federal-style brick buildings were built in Bath, this is the only commercial one to survive.