Cooper Country Crafts Celebrating Half a Century of Success

By ELIZABETH COOPER
COOPERSTOWN

It’s a rare thing for any store to survive for 50 years.

Especially a homey craft store in a town focused on baseball tourism.

But Cooper Country Crafts can now claim that distinction.

This little jewel of a store in Doubleday Court has been around since 1974 and has occupied the same spot since about 1977. There is a special quality to the place. The sun streams through the windows, filters through brightly colored glassware and dances across ceramics, scarves, wooden toys, and trinkets of all kinds.

And without fail, there is a cheery salesperson there to greet you.

What’s the secret? It’s a co-op, managed and staffed by the crafters themselves.