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Take a Tour of our
Firehouse Craft-Gallery!
Craft Company No. 6, craft-gallery of handmade American and Canadian fine
craft is located in a historic Victorian firehouse
Engine Company No.6, on ARTWalk in Rochester's Neighborhood of the Arts.
 We
are very proud to have been repeatedly voted one of the
Top 10 Craft-Galleries in the
USA
by Niche Magazine. In addition City Newspaper readers voted
Place
to buy a gift
Bragging point
Best-kept secret
Way
to spend $1,000
For more than 25 years Craft Company No. 6 has specialized in fine
handmade jewelry, woodcraft, blown glass, pottery, fiber, metal arts and
Sticks™
furniture and object art. Our craft-store is a favorite source for artistic
jewelry, unique handmade-gifts and home furnishings.
In honor of Craft Company’s 25th Anniversary, we commissioned local
artist Michael Chiazza to give our firehouse a creative new look. The bright colored, intricately patterned awnings he painted make
Craft Company No.6 easy to spot.
We have 9 rooms and an outdoor courtyard for you to explore. When you first enter you’ll find yourself surrounded by creativity in our main craft-gallery, where fire engines pulled by a team of horses were once housed. Innovative handmade jewelry will be the first crafts to catch your eye.
 Follow the curving brick path through creative displays of handcrafted home furnishings to the rear of this room, turn right and take a detour into our outdoor courtyard.
In our large courtyard you will find birdhouses and feeders, wind chimes, sculpture, garden stakes and much more to add a creative touch to your own garden retreat. This is such a restful and pleasant area that we often find gentlemen napping in our comfortable Adirondack chairs while the ladies continue to shop.
When weather permits, we
make popcorn to sell in the courtyard. Proceeds go to benefit our local humane
society at
Lollypop Farm.
Once back inside the craft-gallery, the next room you enter will be our cabin.
Store co-owner, Gary Stam,
wanted to build a cabin and that’s just what he did, right in the middle of the
store. Step onto the front porch listen to the rain on the roof as it runs into
the gutter and through the downspout. You’ll soon forget you’re in the middle of
the city. Inside the cozy, woodsy cabin you’ll find all sorts of creative
accessories for your own get-away retreat.
Beyond the cabin is our contemporary kitchen and living room area. Craft Company
No.6 owners, Lynn Allinger and Gary Stam, once lived in this area but decided the store needed the extra space. In the kitchen area you will find gourmet foods to sample and some great accessories for your own kitchen. Be sure to take home a jar of
Screamin’ Mimi’s award winning salsa, a Craft Company favorite.
Featured in the living room area are ever changing displays of furniture,
lamps and decorative accessories. We are proud to be upstate New York’s
exclusive craft-gallery representative of
Sticks™furniture and object art. Our
Sticks™
collection is extensive and our staff is well trained to help you design a
custom piece.
You’ll have to head back to the front of the store to get to the stairs that will bring you to our second floor craft-gallery. Yes, there’s more and the best is yet to come.
The upstairs front room, which is now our fine jewelry and collector
craft-gallery, was once the firemen's living room. Be sure you look up to
the cupola to see the old photos of what our firehouse looked like in the early
1900's. In the photo over the front windows you will see
“Chubby”
(click to learn more about Chubby)
Rochester’s most famous fire horse pictured in our driveway with a fireman of
the era. Chubby and his fireman are now immortalized in a life size sculpture by
local artist Vincent Massaro that stands in front of Craft Company No.6.
Our fine jewelry collection includes handmade jewelry of the best quality from leading American jewelry designers working in gold, platinum and fine silver. Earrings, bracelets, necklaces, rings and wedding bands shine with creativity. We have received a great deal of praise about what a pleasant experience it is to purchase fine jewelry from our friendly, knowledgeable staff.
 Be sure you visit our
funky bathroom with purple, yellow and green walls, even if you don’t need to. It’s filled with interesting soaps and accessories.
In our upstairs center room, you will find pottery creatively displayed in the lockers where firemen once hung
their uniforms. You’ll also find some interesting cookbooks and wooden cutting
boards. An old wood and coal burning stove is another display prop that attracts
much attention. Chip 'n dip servers are our most popular pottery item and we have a large selection from a variety of artists.
 Connected to our pottery craft-gallery are our
kids and pets craft-galleries, which are filled with creative gifts for those four-legged creatures we so adore. If you’re lucky you’ll encounter our two dogs, Margie a Jack Russell
and Corgi mix and our Basset Hound Buddy Ray, who are sometimes in the store greeting customers. They frequent this room in hopes of getting an animal loving customer to hand over one of the treats high on the shelves above their reach.
 We've
saved the best for last…our Hayloft craft-gallery is at the end of our maze and
the most spectacular of all. This is where hay to feed the horses like
“Chubby,” that pulled the Victorian era fire engines, was once stored. In more
recent years the
hayloft served as Lynn and Gary's bedroom. In this room you will usually find a
spectacular
Sticks™ king sized bed, matching dresser and armoire.
Woodworker and owner Gary Stam is responsible for the exceptionally fine woodworking in this room.
That concludes the tour of our craft-gallery. On your way out be sure to take
a few minutes to enjoy the gardens in front of Craft Company No.6 and the houses on either side. Our office is in the house to right of the store that is painted in colors
to match the firehouse. Lynn and Gary, after being pushed out of the firehouse, now live in the house to the left.
Notice the spectacular wide sidewalks in front of our houses. This is
ARTWalk,
a permanent urban art trail,
connecting the arts centers and public spaces within the Neighborhood of the
Arts (NOTA). ARTWalk is an interactive outdoor museum, located on University
Avenue between the Memorial Art
Gallery and the George
Eastman House. Happy walking!
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our
Craft-Gallery Home Page
Craft Company No.6
Hours
Please note: our craft-gallery hours change seasonally, so please call to
check.
Our normal hours are:
Monday-Saturday 10-6
Sunday 12-5
Thursday til' 9
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Rochester, NY 14607
585-473-3413
800-868-2327
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