Babylon Building

Object/Artifact

Historical Society of Carroll County, Maryland

Name/Title

Babylon Building

Entry/Object ID

2013.013.004

Description

Model. The Babylon Building, West Main Street, Westminster. Rectangular wood block, painted to resemble the building; at time model was made, building housed White's Bicycles. Marked on back: Babylon Building West Main Street Westminster, Maryland Commissioned Exclusively For "The Hickory Stick" © 1994 THE CAT'S MEOW. Signed on back: "Faline 96". 5" x 4.5" x .75"

Acquisition

Accession

2013.013

Source or Donor

Clarke, Deborah L.

Acquisition Method

Gift

General Notes

Note

Part of a series of Westminster souvenir models commissioned by the Hickory Stick, a gift shop at 28 Liberty, the corner of Liberty and Green Streets. Martha Hopkins opened the Hickory Stick as a country store in 1983 on Pennsylvania Avenue in Westminster. In the early years of the store, it featured country furniture, historic lighting, wall stencils, country wall decor including framed prints and dried floral arrangements. In 1990, Martha sold the business to Cindy Raub and Sandy Scott. They doubled their space on Pennsylvania Avenue by taking over the second floor of the building and then moved to 28 Liberty Street in 1995. Cindy left the business in 1999. The business switched from "country gifts and home accents" to a boutique featuring unique gifts and fashion accessories. The building was constructed in 1896 to house the Albaugh & Babylon Grocery Company.