The Historical Society of Carroll County The Shop at Cockey's Newsletter July

July 2014 The Shop at Cockey's Newsletter Your Hometown Shop for Unique Gifts, Books,  Jewelry and More.    Featuring the works of local artists and artisans. Located on Main Street in the beautiful historic  1820s Cockey's Tavern.
June Everything Historical What's on Your Reading List? Give the Gift of Choice! Everything Historical ___________  That's everything Historical Society!     Visit our discount table and find a variety of HSCC items at20% off!    We have hats, shirts, toys, ornaments, cups, and more available in the Shop.  This offer cannot be combined with membership discounts or other discounts.    HSCC Logo Shirts           HSCC Cups and Shellman Plate Collectible Toy Truck  HSCC Hats  The Shop at Cockey's is also online at www.TheShopAtCockeys.org ___________________________________________ NEWS! We are now offering 15% discounts on select items for all active HSCC members.  To receive your membership discount, you must present your membership card at the time of purchase.  Discounts cannot be given on our select merchandise without proof of membership.   Don't have a membership?  No problem!  You can purchase one online right here! What's on your reading list this month?  Here are some summer reading suggestions!       Images of America The Images of America series chronicles the history of small towns and down-towns across the country. Each title features more than 200 vintage images, capturing often forgotten bygone times and bringing to life the people, places, and events that defined a community. Take a look into the past with our selection of titles: Westminster, Taneytown, Sykesville, Farming in Carroll County, Carroll County, and Then and Now: Carroll County. Find your favorite Images of America book HERE!        20% Off  Carroll County Physicians of the Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Centuries     You can find these and other great books at The Shop at Cockey's online! Give the Gift of Choice! Don't know what to buy for that special someone? Stressed about giving a gift they may not want? We've got the answer!    Give them a gift certificate for The Shop at Cockey's and let them enjoy the atmosphere of our shop while browsing for the perfect gift.  You can't go wrong with the gift of choice! Come and share your thoughts with us on Facebook!
The Shop at Cockey's 216 E. Main Street Westminster, MD 21157 410-848-6494 Open: Tue - Sat, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Museum Shop of the Historical Society of Carroll County, MD, Inc.

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Dayhoff: The rebirth of the Cockey's Tavern building in Westminster
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Thoughts turn to baseball and Jackie Robinson
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20010130 Cockey’s Tavern Purchase Support Letter

Cockey’s Tavern, Westminster, Carroll County, Maryland Purchase Support Letter

January 30, 2001

Mr. Jay A. Graybeal
Director of Museum and Library
Historical Society of Carroll County
210 East Main Street
Westminster, Md. 21157-5225

Dear Jay;

I can't tell you how excited I am about the Historical Society purchasing Cockey's Tavern. Of course my wife, Caroline Babylon, and I first knew it as Thelma Hoffman's Boarding House in the 1960s. Our friend and teacher Mike Eaton lived there. Caroline and I married as a result of our mutual friendship with Mr. Eaton. I'm sure you remember Mr. Eaton, he taught English and Drama in Carroll County Public Schools for 41 years. Mr. Eaton passed away April 24, 1995 and has since become somewhat of a legend in our community. It is certainly only fitting that his former home, also a legend in our community, continues to make history in Carroll County.

Of course many of my fellow historians understand Cockey's to be the Willis-Boyle House. As a Westminster native, and the product of many generations of Carroll County farmers, merchants and bankers, I have always been quite impressed with the prominent role that Cockey's has played in Carroll County history.

Built in the early 19th century, Cockey's serves as the quintessential beginning of our community's Smart Growth principles. As the Willis-Boyle House, it served as an anchor for concentrating growth in and around the organized communities of the county. Indeed, the Willis-Boyle House became not only figuratively, but literally the center and county seat of Carroll County when it was formed in 1837.

A year or so ago, the Historical Society identified a compelling need to expand its services and its facilities to meet the ever increasing and growing demand of our community to understand and know it roots and preserve its history. Many of my community leader colleagues were afraid that it might be necessary for the Historical Society to leave Main Street, Westminster. Not only do we whole-heartedly support your endeavor to stay on Main Street in Westminster, we are energized by your leadership role and sense of community responsibility in extending Westminster's revitalization from downtown Westminster to East Main Street. This project bookends downtown Westminster with its counterpart, the Carroll Theater Cultural Arts alternative use revitalization effort at the other end of town. I am very excited about the traffic flow, inspiration, and economic contagion that an Historical Society Campus will generate on East Main Street, Westminster.

I am thrilled to watch the Willis-Boyle House lead Westminster into another century, just as it has at the beginning of the 19th and 20th centuries. I am very proud of the leadership team at the Historical Society of Carroll County for stepping up to the plate and assuming a key and critical role in community leadership.

Thank you for your efforts. God Bless you.

With best regards, I remain
Sincerely yours,

Kevin E. Dayhoff
Westminster City Councilman