Antique shops in Central Massachusetts

Your best bets on the trail of antiques and collectibles in the Wachusett region

Highlighting stores in Princeton, Sterling and West Boylston 

Fall 2002: New stores for even more treasures in the shops of the Wachusett region

Area map highlighting antique stores

Directions to Route 12 in West Boylston

Antique Stores:

Adams Antique Co-Op
165 West Boylston St. (Route 12), Next to Meola’s Ice Cream, West Boylston, Mass. (508) 835-9776

Hours: Monday, Wednesday and Friday, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Thursday, 11 a.m. to 7 p.m.; Saturday and Sunday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Closed Tuesdays.
Enjoy a step back in time. We are located at the home of the old Meola’s milk processing plant. We take pride in our large variety of antiques and collectibles. Over 60 dealers located in four spacious rooms, all on one floor. Our unique inventory includes furniture, linens, jewelry, kitchen items, pottery, tools, glassware, lamps and prints. We are always buying.  Betsy Dionne, proprietor.

Antique Boutique
235 West Boylston St., second floor
West Boylston, Mass. (508) 835-9071

Hours: Tuesday through Sunday, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Antique emporium with all the charm of a boutique. We sell a variety of antiques and jewelry, as well as vintage clothing and wedding gowns. Lorine Duhamel, proprietor.

Apple Core Shoppe
Route 140 at the intersection of Route 31
Princeton, Mass. (978) 464-2051

Hours: Weekends, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Summer, Thursday through Sunday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Always a new something old. Furniture, tools, glassware, gifts &  outdoor curiosities. Vance & Phyllis Parker, proprietors.

The Deacon’s Bench
18 North Main St. (Route 140)
Oakdale, Mass. (508) 835-3858

Hours: Thursday through Sunday, 11  a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday by chance.
4,000 sq. ft. of quality antique and custom furniture, quilts, lamps, glass, china, linens and jewelry on three floors of an 1857 Victorian schoolhouse. Also farm tables, coffee tables and kitchen islands made from old barnboards. Twenty-five years at the same location. We buy single items or estates! Judy Miracle, proprietor (978-422-6765)

“Oh My Gosh” Antiques and Collectibles
15 Waushacum Ave.
Cider Mill Building
Sterling, Mass. (978) 422-8675

Hours: Tuesday through Sunday, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Something for almost everyone, a great shopping experience located in a restored mill, The Cider Mill Building. Cheryl A. LaPointe, proprietor.

Purple Moon Antiques & Collectibles
80 Worcester Road (Route 12)
Next to Hebert Candies
Sterling, Mass. (978) 422-7129

Hours: Tuesday through Sunday, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Group shop featuring something for everyone. Elaine Clark, proprietor.

Watermark Antiques
235 West Boylston St., first floor
West Boylston, Mass. (508) 835-3393.

Hours: Wednesday to Saturday, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., Sunday, 12 to 5 p.m. and Monday, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Antiques and collectibles with an extended inventory of vintage wrist watches, inclusive of wristwatch repair. Lamps and lamp restoration. Early electrical and scientific pieces. Many fine pieces of jewelry, vintage radios, toys, clocks, furniture, pottery and advertising. Cast iron and ornamental ironwork. Buying estates: one piece or the entire estate. Mark and Laura Alzapiedi, proprietors.

West Boylston Antiques and Furniture Restoration
271 West Boylston St.,
West Boylston, Mass.  (508) 835-2293.

Hours:  Tuesday through Sunday, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Specializing in furniture, including mahogany, oak and walnut, with a mixture of china, lighting and glassware. “We restore sentimental value.” Using traditional methods, we reglue, refinish and restore your fine furniture, specializing in antique furniture restoration. Mark Puccetti, proprietor.

There are several areas with groups of antique shops that make great places to visit many stores in a short distance.
Some, such as Sturbridge and Brimfield in Massachusetts and the Antique Alley section of Route 4 in New Hampshire, have become standards. They offer many items for the serious buyer or browser, but success sometimes means they can charge more. Good for sellers, but not for customers.
Along and a short distance off of, Route 12 in Massachusetts, you can find a number of stores that contain a good assortmant of items, ranging from museum-quality antiques to more recent collectibles. 
And the prices are, we believe, among the best you'll find anywhere. 		 antiques map
Dealers from Connecticut and New York routinely include the area on their buying trips. There's no reason you can't benefit from the shopping potential of the area's stores.
There are 13 stores along or within easy driving distance from Route 12. In fact, a drive along routes 12, 140 and 31 will be an adventure in antiquing, as well as an opportunity to see some nice scenery and small-town charm without getting far from major highways.
 

Directions to Route 12 in West Boylston:

 From Worcester, take Route 190 North to Exit 4 (Route 12). Take a left at the end of the ramp for West Boylston, a right for Worcester.
 From Brimfield/Sturbridge, take Route 20 East to the Mass. Turnpike. Get off at the Auburn exit (Exit 10)  and take Route 290 to Route 190 North to Exit 4 (Route 12). Take a left at the end of the ramp.
 From Boston, take the Mass. Turnpike to Route 495 North (Exit 11A) to Route 290 West to Route 190 North. Get off at Exit 4 (Route 12). Take a left at the end of the ramp.
 From Fitchburg and Leominster, take Route 2 East to Route 190 South. Get off at Exit 6 (Route 12) and take a left at the end of the ramp. Go through Sterling to West Boylston.
 


 

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