Stockert Building / People's Grocery & Home Hardware

Stockert Building, also, People's Grocery and Home Hardware. . , Stockert Building , The largest commercial building on Main Street was built in 1908 for T.L. Stockert and was home to many businesses starting with The New Arlington Hotel, 1908-1910; People's Grocery, 1910-1973; Shinn and Sexton Department Store, 1916; Whitescarver Furniture and Undertaking, 1901-1938; and the Home Hardware, 1947-2006. The building's architect was Draper Camden Hughes, Buckhannon's foremost designer from 1883 until his death in 1924., People's Grocery and Home Hardware , Two of the longest existing businesses in Buckhannon were located in this block. The Farnsworth family began the People's Grocery in 1910 and for most of its existence was operated by "Tuck," Lucille, and Elizabeth Farnsworth as a local delivery general grocery. During the Depression Era, the store shipped thousands of gallons of locally grown strawberries to the ice cream plants in Pittsburgh., Established in 1947 by Herb Stalnaker and Thomas Stocker, Jr, the Home Hardware became more than just a business, it was an "institution." Personalized service was the motto of this establishment providing "hardware for the farm and home." It closed in 2006.