Hoosier Cabinets

fastFACTS Hoosier cabinets were manufactured from the late 1890s through the 1930s. By the time production peaked in the 1920s, more than one in ten American households owned a Hoosier cabinet. Although the Hoosier Manufacturing Co. was the largest and best-known company associated with Hoosier cabinets, other major ma

Amanda Griffith said "A friend messaged one day and asked if I’d be interested in her grandmother’s old Hoosier cabinet. I didn’t really have room for it, but I went ahead and picked it up.

Visit Coppes Commons and take a walk through the history of Hoosier cabinets. Cabinets, furniture, and other memorabilia are on display in the museum.

THIS IS SORTA WHAT MY MEMORY IS TELLING ME, WITHOUT THE STENCILS AND HAD DIFFERENT HARDWARE & NO TOP CORNICE, ALSO REMEMBER GETTING FINGERS PINCHED IN THE ROLLTOP.

Can you guess how much this oak Hoosier cabinet is worth? Search the appraisal archive on the lower right to find more Hooisers and other antiques values. Ever since the early 1900s the Hoosier cabinet has been one the most favored piece of...

Refinishing a Hoosier Cabinet is a labor of love. It's a lot of work, but so worth it! Hoosiers are so unique and have such charm!

Are you a fan of antique Hoosier cabinets? Perhaps you’re a collector who loves the simplistic beauty of antique Hoosier cabinets… Or even someone who just

This is one in a series of messages from staff about their “favorite things” at Historic New England Say hello to Carolin Collins Carolin Collins has been the Education Program Manager for Historic New England since 2010. Let Carolin tell us about her favorite thing at Historic New England. When I started, one of my [...]

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Here is the farm house kitchen cupboard, a fairly usual style in the early Twentieth Century. That is evidenced by the woof green flour bin and sifter. At least you can tell when you are running down on flour. That would still make a lot of sense in a modern kitchen when a lot of cooking goes on. Other items include legumes and rice on top. Some serious baking must have been done in the day if a kitchen scale was used. Old fashioned slow cooking oats are there. I am guessing the jar with…