Hickory Stick

Name/Title

Hickory Stick

Entry/Object ID

2013.013.006

Description

Model. The Hickory Stick, corner of Liberty and Green Streets, Westminster. Wood block, painted to resemble the building. Marked on back: The Hickory Stick (Formerly William F. Myers and Sons) 28 Liberty Street Westminster, Maryland 410-848-4370 Commissioned Exclusively For "The Hickory Stick" © 1996 THE CAT'S MEOW. Signed on back: "Faline 96". 4" x 6" 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. In 1912, William F. Myers moved from Pleasant Valley to Westminster and opened the William F. Myers Company at Liberty and Green Streets. The company went out of business in 1983.