[1] At the time of its nomination, the owners were in the process of restoring its original appearance by removing the stucco that had covered the cobblestones since the 1850s.

The store was originally owned by Slocum Howland, a Quaker, abolitionist, prohibitionist and suffragist.

Among the items sold in his store was the cast iron plow, invented locally by his brother-in-law Jethro Wood.

There may be approximately 300 elsewhere in the United States, concentrated in Vermont, Ohio, Michigan, and Illinois, all areas of similar Northern Tier culture.

Many people from Vermont and New York moved west into the upper Midwest states.