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The Durand-Hedden Country Store
The Country Store has unique and affordable gifts for family, friends, and teachers, while benefiting the Durand-Hedden House. The historic-themed selection includes such items as early American children’s games and toys, facsimile documents, quill pens and ink, and pictorial history books about Maplewood.
The Store also sells books produced by The Durand-Hedden House & Garden Association.
All proceeds directly benefit Durand-Hedden House & Garden.
Books by the Durand-Hedden House & Garden Association

Slavery in New Jersey, by Gail Safian, designed by John D. Branigan
$12, available at The Country Store
Slavery in New Jersey has become part of the SOMA School District’s social studies curriculum for 4th, 6th and 10th graders. It is also the basis of lesson plans on Black history developed by the New Jersey State Bar Foundation.
See a pdf preview here.

A Century of Comfort, the Wooley Family's 100-Year Journey in Maplewood, by Donald A. Maxon, designed by John D. Branigan
$5, available at The Country Store
This pictorial history depicts the story and impact of the Wooley family and their business, originally Wooley Coal Company and now Wooley Home Solutions.
See a pdf preview here.
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