East Middle school

Object/Artifact

Historical Society of Carroll County, Maryland

Name/Title

East Middle school

Entry/Object ID

2013.013.003

Description

Model. East Middle School, Longwell Avenue, Westminster. Wood block, rectangular, painted to resemble the building. Marked on back: Westminster East Middle School (Old Westminster High) Westminster, Maryland Commissioned Exclusively For "The Hickory Stick" © THE CAT'S MEOW SCTM 9798. Signed "Faline 97" on back. 3" x 8" 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 opened as Westminster High School in 1936. After a new high school opened on the Washington Road, the Longwell Ave. building became East Middle School.