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Howland Stone Store Museum
"1837 - A National Historic
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Preserving the Howland Family Collections
Includes permanent and rotating
exhibits
Howland Stone Store Museum
2956 State Route 34B, Hamlet of Sherwood, NY
(View
Map)
Hours: June through September
THURSDAY and SATURDAY
from 1-4 pm. |
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The Howland Stone Store
Museum |
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The store was built in 1837 by Slocum Howland and is important as a graceful and virtually unaltered example of a simple Greek revival cobblestone building. Slocum, who arrived in this area in 1798 with his parents, was a devoted Quaker, wool buyer and entrepreneur, anti-slavery advocate, local banker, large landowner, prohibitionist, and local leader. His daughter, Miss Emily, was avidly involved in women’s rights, temperance, education, world peace, abolition, Political Equality clubs, and rights for African Americans. Members of the Howland family maintained the store for a hundred years.
The building served as a store from 1837-1881. When “the block” next door was built, the cobblestone store was relegated to storage use. In 1942, it was renovated to accommodate a library, as well as a museum of the items that had been collected by Miss Emily and her niece, Isabel, during their travels. For twenty-three years, Mrs. Alice Koon oversaw the library and museum; upon her death the building and its contents were left to the Cayuga Museum in Auburn, NY. In 1987, the Cayuga Museum wished to divest itself of the Cobblestone Store, at which time the Friends of the Howland Stone Store was formed and accepted ownership. The group charged itself to maintain the building as a vital part of the community –a tangible reminder of history and the many causes supported by the Howland family.
In April 1996, the Howland Stone Store Museum was granted an Absolute Charter by the New York State Board of Regents.
Sherwood, New York is now listed on
The National Register of Historic Places |
To view the 'Significance Statement' for the
Sherwood NY Equal Rights Historic
District, click HERE
(PDF File)
The 'Significance Statement'
was compiled by:
Dr. Judith Wellman, Director
Historical New York Research Associates -
Professor Emerita, SUNY Oswego |
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What's New
At The Museum?
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Received a $3000 Museumwise Grant to hire a fund-raising consultant to assist HSSM in setting up a Capital Campaign in support of the Opendore Fund. |
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Received a $400,000 50/50 matching grant from the Environmental Protection Fund to restore/revitalize Opendore (the Isabel Howland House) in Sherwood. |
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Donations in support of this project may be sent to Howland Stone Store Museum—Opendore Fund, Box 124, Aurora, New York, 13026. Information at www.HowlandStoneStore.org |
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Group Tours |
| If your club or group would like a special tour of the Howland Stone
Store Museum (outside of regular hours), we would be happy to accommodate
you. Please contact us via the postal address or phone number listed
on the front of our
brochure. |
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2012 Special Exhibit
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Schools in Sherwood
In June, 2012, the Emily Howland Elementary School in Sherwood will close its doors, ending over 130 years of a school in Sherwood.
View our 2012 exhibit telling the story of SCHOOLS IN SHERWOOD. |
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SUNDAY
SOCIALS
Programs for 2012
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All programs and socials will take place at the museum and have been scheduled for 7:00 pm, except for our fundraiser in September and Miss Emily’s birthday party in November. Admission to the Howland Stone Store Museum and its programs is free, although donations are gratefully accepted. There is a suggested donation for our fund-raiser in September. |
May 20, 2012 7:00 p.m.
"The Story of Opendore"
(Isabel Howland House), recipient of an Environmental Protection Fund Grant to save a portion of the original building. Patricia White will tell some of the history of this once-elegant house, with photos and brief vignettes from former residents.
The annual meeting of HSSM will be conducted prior to the program. |
June 10, 2012 7:00 p.m.
"The Woman Question: How Women's Rights Emerged from the Anti-Slavery Movement"
Did you know that many of the women involved in the Women’s Rights Movement got their start in the Anti-Slavery Movement? Learn about the women who began their careers of reform as abolitionists, speaking to “promiscuous” audiences, and who eventually became leading suffragists in the struggle for women’s rights. Presenter Meghan Barbay is a Park Guide, Women's Rights National Historical Park in Seneca Falls. |
July 15, 2012 7:00
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"English Threshing Barns in Southern Cayuga County."
Want to know how to date your old barn? Both societal and agricultural issues affected the evolution of threshing barns into the 20th century. This program will include an overview of threshing barns: development in England; framing, raising; scribe and square rule layouts; and tools used. Presenter Greg Wellott has thirty years of experience working on numerous historical timber frames. |
August 19, 2012 1 - 4:00 p.m.
So Linked Together: The Extraordinary Marriage of Elizabeth Cady and Henry B. Stanton and the Development of Political Reform.
This talk offers the first examination of the contributions of Henry B. Stanton to the women’s rights movement generally and to his wife’s work in particular. It also demonstrates the centrality of politics and reform within the couple’s 47-year marriage. Presenter Linda Frank is a doctoral candidate at the University of Rochester and Cayuga County Historian. |
September 16, 2012 3:00
p.m.
" Singing for Justice"
(by Bridgewater) is a concert of the inspirational songs of the 19th century social movements that were so much a part of the lives of the activists of that time period in this region.. 20th and 21st century movements grew from the work of those activists; this program will include some modern musical off-shoots of these activities. Bridgewater is the folk duo of Craig Kukuk and A.T. Miller,
••This program will be a FUND-RAISER for HSSM, and will be held at the Poplar Ridge Friends Meeting House, just east of Poplar Ridge. Suggested DONATION: Adults--$10, Children under 12--$3.•• |
October 21, 2012 7:00 p.m.
"Lincoln’s Funeral: From Death Springs Life in Cayuga County."
Upon Lincoln's death, the nation went into mourning. Many people from central New York were involved in the death and its "celebration" of life. That celebration linked to many other people who brought life to central New York and also to distant places. When Mary Todd Lincoln visited a medium in Moravia, her late husband appeared to her in another form of "life”. John will explore some of these lives. Presenter John E. Lamphere teaches Criminal Justice and History at Cayuga Community College. |
November 18, 2012 4:00
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"Miss Emily's Birthday"
Join us for Miss Emily’s Birthday Party and for a short program: Historical Sketches of Sherwood's Select School (est. 1871) based on manuscripts by Lucy Jacobs and Phebe M. King. Lucy, a student on opening day in 1871 and Phebe a former pupil, teacher and principal of the Sherwood school will "share" memories of the school that Emily Howland built as "a seat of learning where the sons and daughters of the land may seek knowledge." Presenter Judy Furness is Ledyard Town Historian. |
| Though donations are always gratefully accepted,
entrance to the Stone Store Museum and its programs are free unless otherwise
indicated. |
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via Map-Quest
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