Creager Furniture Store Roots Run Deep in Thurmont
A historical overview traces Creager Furniture Store in Thurmont, Maryland from its 1832 founding by James Krieger through later ownership by Raymond E Creager’s family. It notes early general store origins, cabinet work, and long-time staff, all centered at 21 East Main Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Creager
East Main St
Thurmont
Maryland
Raymond E Creager
James Krieger
Raymond E. Creager
Krieger
Graceham
Mr. Krieger
John Wesley Creager
Martin Luther Creager
Water Street
Bob Remsberg
Creager Furniture Store
M.L. Creager and Son
East Main Street
James Kreiger
Jean Schumann
Mary Ellen Myers
Robert Schumann
Kenneth A. Myers
Murray C. Miller
Lawrence Ricketts
Gladhill Furniture Co Inc a Four State Furniture Leader
Seventy five years ago Calvin T K and Lola Gladhill started a furniture house and funeral business at 2 Poplar Street Myersville Maryland They moved to Middletown in 1916 to 10 Walnut Street The store was housed in the former Schlosser Tannery building later razed for a 1929 structure The firm expanded through the 1950s to seven trucks and thirty employees delivering across four states The Gladhill family continued ownership into the next generations with Lola Gladhill Summers passing in 1969 and the business remaining in family hands through the 1970s and beyond
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Calvin T. K
Lola Gladhill
Poplar Street
Myersville
Maryland
Gladhills
Middletown
Walnut Street
Schlosser Tannery
C.T.K. Gladhill
Frederick County
Glenn
Ray
Mark
Floyd
East Main Street
Gladhill
Glenn Gladhill
Gladhill Furniture
Lola Gladhill Summers
Gladhill Furniture Company, Inc
Gladhhill
Gladhill Furniture Co., Inc
Bowers Lumber and Gordon Clothing Legacy in Frederick
The William D. Bowers Lumber Company traces to 1854 with millwork, canal trade, and a 19 acre Woodsboro site plus ongoing family ownership through G. Hunter Bowers and Charles M. Bowers. Gordon’s menswear, started by Dave Gordon in 1913, remains Frederick’s oldest clothing store, known for personal service and multi generational patronage including memory of Mary Motherway’s trips to Beckley’s and Mantz Millinery.
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G. Hunter Bowers
Charles F. Bowers
Martin L. Bowers
Frederick
G. Hunter Bowers Sr
Bowers Lumber Company
East Patrick
East Streets
lumber company
Sixth and
East Street
Maryland
Frederick County
Bowers Company
Charles M. Bowers
Henry
Dave Gordon
Mary Motherway
Burkittsville
Beckley's
South Market St
Mantz’ Millinery
Carty's Furniture: Frederick’s Historic Family Store Since 1868
Carty's Furniture in Frederick traces its roots to 1868 with Clarence Carty and a lineage of three generations. The shop at 48 East Patrick Street evolved from a cabinetmaker’s business to a premier furniture house offering decorating services, custom draperies, and open house traditions.
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Frederick
Clarence C. Carty
Charles C
J. Walker Carty
C.C. Carty
East Patrick St
James H. Whitehill
Middle Alley
C. C. Carty
Baltimore City
Mr. Carty
Harry E. Carty
Charles C. Carty
Harry
Carty
Princeton University
Janice A. Carty
Carty’s
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MARGARET E. MYERS
Creager's Furniture
Gladhill Furniture Store
The
William D. Bowers Lumber Company
Wm. D
East Patrick Street
Routzahn & Bowers
Chesapeake & Ohio Canal
Paint of Rocks
Routzahn
Wiliam D. Bowers
Woodsboro
Dave
Gordon
Frederick City
Baltimore
All Saints Street
South Market Street
Bowers Lumber Co
E. Patrick Street
L Mabe
LMAS
Dave's
C. C. Carty’s
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