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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
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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 Negroes.
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 and museum of the items that
had been collected by Miss Emily and Isabel Howland, her niece, 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 store 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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Approved a Strategic Plan to guide and focus our efforts for the next
five years. |
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Explored ways technology can help us reach a wider audience and make
our operations more efficient. |
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Continued to upgrade our storage of fragile items in the collection with
a member item from Assemblyman Gary Finch. |
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Completed work on the exterior cobblestones and foundation and much-needed
repairs to the basement entrance. |
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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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2010 Exhibit
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90th Anniversary of the Passage of the 19th Amendment
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Women's Right to Vote
Featuring posters and ephemera in the museum's collection, this summer's
exhibit traces the evolution of the visual history of the posters used to
propel the cause of women's rights to victory and the ratification of the
19th Amendment. |
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SUNDAY
SOCIALS
Programs for 2010
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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 August and Miss Emily's birthday party. Admission to the Howland Stone
Store Museum and its programs is free, although donations are gratefully
accepted. |
May 16, 2010 7:00 p.m.
“A 72 Year Struggle to Gain the Women’s Right to Vote”
Dan Schultz, Professor of Social Sciences at CCC, has researched and recorded
information on our women’s rights poster collection. He is currently
writing a book about a former mayor of Syracuse called "The Political lives
of James K. McGuire".
The annual meeting of HSSM will be conducted prior
to the program and will include a vote on amending the mission statement
and the election of trustees |
June 20, 2010 7:00 p.m.
"Sisters in Spirit: Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Influence on Early American
Feminists"
Sally Roesch Wagner, Executive Director of the Matilda Joslyn Gage Museum
in Fayetteville, NY
A nationally recognized lecturer, author and performance interpreter of women's
rights history, she currently serves as adjunct faculty in the Honors Program
at SU. Her speech documents the influence of native women on early women's
rights activists. |
July 18, 2010 7:00 p.m.
“Historic Photographs”
Jack Cavanaugh, Cavanaugh Studio Photographer and Photo Restorationist
Learn to identify historic photographs from daguerreotypes to film, and how
to care for them. Be amazed at how damaged photos can be restored to their
original condition. |
August 15, 2010 1 – 4:00 p.m.
“Round Robin Hood’s Barn”
Fundraiser
Buy a ticket in Sherwood at the Museum and trace the history of barn construction
as form followed function in this iconic form of vernacular architecture.
Learn how building styles changed as farming methods adapted to new
trends and technologies in agriculture. Meet the proud owners and gain
a new appreciation for the heart of farming’s economic impact on the
local landscape.
$8 per person |
.September 19 , 2010 7:00 p.m.
“Thomas Rooker”
Dawn Roe, Port Byron Historian Discover the connection between this abolitionist
who worked for the NY Tribune, Emily Howland, Ezra Cornell and Isabel
Howland’s graduation from Cornell Univ. Sometimes great things come
from small beginnings, like a steamboat ride on Cayuga Lake. |
October 17, 2010 7:00 p.m.
“Seward’s ‘Round the World Tour”
Jennifer Haines, Education Director, Seward House
From 1870 to 1871, at age 69, W.H. Seward took a 14-month ‘round the
world tour. Find out if his traveling adventures influenced Isabel Howland
years later when she travelled the world collecting objects for her
“Cabinet of Curiosities”, our permanent exhibit upstairs that has
fascinated generations of visitors to the Museum |
November 21, 2010 4:00 pm
"Be a Party to Miss Emily's 183rd Birthday”
Everyone is invited to celebrate the natal anniversary of a benefactor of
schools, the women's rights movement, and the hamlet of Sherwood. Join us
for refreshments and insightful remarks by Patricia White. Refresh your memory
or learn something new about this remarkable woman as Pat takes us back to
basics with a complete, but brief, history of Emily Howland’s life. |
| Though donations are always gratefully accepted,
entrance to the Stone Store Museum and its programs are free unless otherwise
indicated. |
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