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Arts and Crafts home of Adelaide Alsop Robineau and her husband, Samuel Robineau. The house was built in 1904 and designed by Charlotte Budd. Private Residence.

Author, lecturer, and entrepreneur Elbert Hubbard began to develop the Roycroft Campus in 1897. The Campus in East Aurora became a Mecca for master craftsmen and a gathering place for notable artists, authors, philosophers, and power brokers in U.S. history.

The Campus, designated a National Historic Landmark district (NHL) in 1986, contains 14 structures including the Inn, the Chapel, the Print Shop, the Furniture Shop, and the Copper Shop, to name a few. The Campus began to fall into disrepair over time and by 1989, was placed by the National Trust for Historic Preservation on its 11 Most Endangered Places list of historic properties that are severely at risk. The Inn was fully restored and reopened in 1995, but the remainder of the Campus has continued to deteriorate significantly since that time. Over the last two decades, one building (the Powerhouse) has been reduced to a ruin, large portions of two buildings (the Furniture Shop and the Garages) have been lost, and historic features of other buildings have been removed or compromised. The threat to the historic integrity of the campus as a whole is real and imminent.

The Roycroft community became the mecca for those interested in the Arts and Crafts movement and in 1905 the Roycroft Inn was opened to accommodate the thousands of people who journeyed there. After Hubbard’s tragic death in 1915, the Roycroft was operated until 1938 by his son Bert.

Passing through several hands since then, it was granted National Landmark Status in 1986, and thanks to the support of the Margaret L. Wendt Foundation the Roycroft Inn re-opened in June 1995. An exquisite collection of original and reproduction furniture and fixtures adorn the meticulously refurbished Inn.

Handmade pottery in the spirit of the Arts & Crafts movement.

Thomas Herman uses the bas relief sculptors techniques of carving, piercing and chasing to create detailed lyrical jewelry in gold and platinum. Meet him at The Grove Park Inn Conference or The Pasadena Heritage Weekend.

Housed in the former finishing room of the L. and J. G. Stickley factory, this museum includes Gustav Stickley’s own bedroom set from his home in Skaneateles, NY, as well as work by Leopold and John George Stickley.

Creating the heirlooms of tomorrow in the Roycroft tradition. Objects and Jewelry made of copper, bronze, silver, and gold. From vases to switchplates, hand engraved rings to sintered silver on bronze pendants. Custom work accepted.