The W. R. Rudy, Druggist Building
Howard B. Parzow, Museum Proprietor
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Country Store & Drug Store Museum
10 South Main St.
Mt. Airy, Maryland 21771
(301) 829-9202
Group/Individual Tours Available By Appointment
Please Call for Hours of Operation and Admission Fee
Come with us back to the olden days of the horse and buggy, steam locomotives, and horse drawn fire pumpers, before the streets of Mt. Airy were paved. You'll enter into the past directly back into the late 1880's and early 1900's. The shelves are abound with the original products that this small farming and railroad community depended on. See a vast collection of fancy candy jars, spool cabinets, store counters, curved glass showcases and colorful wooden coffee bins. Take time to visit the 1890's soda fountain with it's colorful glass shade. Step up to the 1890's prescription department where W.R. Rudy hand compounded every prescription. Visit our oak post office and say Hello to the famous Planter's Peanut "blinker man". Our candy department was every child's reason to make the trip off the farm to town with their mom and dad. From the fancy tin ceiling to the yellow pine floors, the historic gas and oil lamps light your way into this warm and cozy atmosphere.
This building was first built in the late 1880's along the busy, dusty, main street of a fast growing railroad town known as Mt. Airy. The town had a need for many services, including a country store and drug store that Walter Rudy, a druggist built at 10 South Main Street. In the early 1900's, a great fire swept along one side of the street destroying many buildings, including the W.R. Rudy Building. In 1903 the drug store was totally rebuilt of brick on it's original foundation. It then began offering it's customers a new modern oak and marble soda fountain, a fully stocked apothecary and the convenience of the town's first post office. All of the oak wall fixtures, counters and most showcases are original to the building and have been restored with great care.
To see some of the museum's offerings, please click on the photos below!
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