Editing Bumstead Chevrolet

==Introduction==
Bumstead Chevrolet was a car dealership located in downtown Troy at the corner of Congress St. and 6th Ave. It was founded in 1925 and closed in 1983.

==History==
Bumstead Chevrolet was Founded in 1925 by William Howard Bumstead [4], around 1950 ownership was transferred to James K. Patrick (son in law), who owned the dealership until 1981 [1] [3], the dealership continued to operate for another 2 years before being sold in 1983 [2]. Under the ownership of James Patrick, Bumstead Chevrolet became one of the biggest Chevy Dealers in New York state.[1]


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In 1962 Bumstead Chevrolet offered to build specialty truck bodies Truck bodies[5]. One of the first ambulance for the North Greenbush ambulance company was built here from a dodge delivery truck [6].

Around 1963 Bumstead Chevrolet Sponsored Steve Danish, a stock car driver.


http://www.catamountstadium.com/danish_without_saran.jpg


http://www.catamountstadium.com/Danish_Straight_on.JPG 


==Post Closing & present day==
In 1984 the dealership became the new site of Troy’s Education Opportunity center (EOC) [10]. The EOC remained at the  dealership location until late 2013/ early 2014 [11]. After the EOC left the site United Group announced that it planned to use the site for the 4th phase of  its city station project in 2013 [12]. In 2018 the united group announced that they planned to fill this fourth phase (city station north) with offices and apartments [13]. In February of 2024 United group received financing from Berkshire bank towards this project [14]. In July of 2024 united group broke ground on this project, and expect to complete construction by 2025 [15].

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Building being torn down circa 2023[9]

== Image Sources ==
# http://www.catamountstadium.com/weeklyblog_jan62016_rediscoverfingDanish.html
# http://www.catamountstadium.com/steve_danish.htm 
# https://forums.aaca.org/topic/267880-old-dealer-photos-of-bumstead-chevrolet-in-troy-ny/ 
# https://www.facebook.com/groups/174450816068782/posts/2483732885140552/

==Sources==
# https://www.brycefuneralhome.com/obituary/James-PatrickJr
# https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/timesunion-albany/name/george-galuski-obituary?id=4973745
# https://www.nytimes.com/1984/07/03/business/business-people-ex-auto-dealer-heads-biggest-of-10-key-banks.html
#https://www.brycefuneralhome.com/obituary/Elizabeth-Patrick
#https://fultonhistory.com/highlighter/highlight-for-xml?altUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.fultonhistory.com%2FLogin_18%2FAlbany%2520NY%2520Times%2520Union%2FAlbany%2520NY%2520Times%2520Union%25201962%2FAlbany%2520NY%2520Times%2520Union%25201962%2520-%25201837.pdf%23xml%3Dhttps%3A%2F%2Fwww.fultonhistory.com%2FdtSearch%2Fdtisapi6.dll%3Fcmd%3Dgetpdfhits%26u%3D504aab64%26DocId%3D5826853%26Index%3DZ%253a%255cDISK%2520E%26HitCount%3D10%26hits%3D5c8%2B5e4%2B640%2B673%2B6ba%2B6d3%2B6f4%2B701%2B712%2B715%2B%26SearchForm%3D%252fFulton%255fform%252ehtml%26.pdf&uri=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.fultonhistory.com%2FLogin_18%2FAlbany%2520NY%2520Times%2520Union%2FAlbany%2520NY%2520Times%2520Union%25201962%2FAlbany%2520NY%2520Times%2520Union%25201962%2520-%25201837.pdf&xml=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.fultonhistory.com%2FdtSearch%2Fdtisapi6.dll%3Fcmd%3Dgetpdfhits%26u%3D504aab64%26DocId%3D5826853%26Index%3DZ%253a%255cDISK%2520E%26HitCount%3D10%26hits%3D5c8%2B5e4%2B640%2B673%2B6ba%2B6d3%2B6f4%2B701%2B712%2B715%2B%26SearchForm%3D%252fFulton%255fform%252ehtml%26.pdf&openFirstHlPage=false 
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# http://www.catamountstadium.com/weeklyblog_jan62016_rediscoverfingDanish.html
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# https://www.timesunion.com/business/article/CityStation-enters-new-phase-4904915.php
# https://www.timesunion.com/business/article/Apartments-office-building-to-fill-Sixth-Avenue-12504699.php 
# https://www.timesunion.com/business/article/city-station-north-troy-moves-ahead-42-million-18679806.php 
# https://www.timesunion.com/news/article/development-dream-comes-true-city-station-north-19577946.php