On the southwest corner of two state roads in Bristol – 15 and 120 – sits an old building with significant history. According to my sources, it was built between 1910 and 1915, though there is some disagreement as to exactly when the brick building was built. At that time it was known as the Hermance-Dussell building because on the bottom floor Clayton Hermance sold clothing, shoes and groceries. Upstairs, H.W. Dussell had a bakery where he made bread, buns, pies and cookies to order and also sold dried beef sandwiches to school children. Sometime in the 1940s both businesses were closed and the building became a hardware store in 1945 owned by the Schamehorn family. It lasted until the 1980s when it moved to a different location in town. Later the building was used as a vintage bicycle shop and a gun shop. Bristol United Methodist Church, still the owners of the building, bought it and used it for church activities and a teen center. Part of the building is also used now by the Bristol Food Pantry. Some old buildings behind this building were demolished and the area turned into a parking lot and park.
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