Former Bresees Store in South Hartwick

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Bresees Early Store

Former Bresees Store in South Hartwick

By: traildawgSubscribe Channel: Events Location: South Hartwick NY Wednesday, Jan 26 , 11 at 4:48 PM
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Today I tracked down one of the original Bresee's General Stores, located in South Hartwick, NY.
I was surprised to see it is still standing.
I'll check out the other locations at a later date after doing more research.

The department store’s founder was Frank H. Bresee, a farmboy born in 1864 on Hartwick’s Christian Hill who decided he could make a better living peddling door-to-door. In a few years, he had general stores in South Hartwick and Hartwick, New Lisbon, Fly Creek, Laurens, Schenevus and Sidney.
In 1899, he and brother-in-law Fred Cooper opened Bresee’s just west of where the deserted three-story hulk is today, moving next door in 1905.

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