Howland Stone Store Museum Traditional Cache
Howland Stone Store Museum
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This cache was placed with permission of the museum's representatives. It is a green match container with a log and info about Geocaching inside. There may be a small pencil inside, but, it's always a good idea to BYOP.
Museum in open Thurs. and Sat. from 1-4 PM
June - September.
1st Floor 2010 Exhibit - 90th Anniversary of the Passage of the 19th Amendment - Women's Right to Vote.
2nd Floor houses artifacts collected by Miss Emily Howland and her niece Isabel Howland.
The Howland Stone Store Museum
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.
Museum's Website (visit link)
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