Local Makers · Our Story

Everything here is locally made

Diamond & Ridge Mercantile exists to put Adams County makers on one shelf. If it's on our floor at 33 York Street, someone near Gettysburg made it — and we can usually tell you their name and their street.

Historic brick storefronts in the Gettysburg Historic District, like the Diamond & Ridge Mercantile building on York Street

Why we opened

A storefront on York Street, stocked by neighbors

We opened in an 1899 storefront a short walk east of Lincoln Square with a simple idea: the best souvenir of Adams County isn't a mass-produced magnet — it's something someone here actually made. We started with three candle makers and a potter; today more than thirty local makers share the shelves.

Every order, whether it's picked up at the counter or shipped from our back room, is packed by the same few people who greet you at the door. When you buy a candle here, the money stays close to home.

12 candle & soap makers

8 apparel & textile artists

10 food & ceramics producers

Meet A Few Makers

The people behind the shelves

A sample of the Adams County makers we carry. (Makers shown are illustrative for this concept.)

Candles · Gettysburg

Ridgeline Candle Co.

Soy candles hand-poured in a garage studio off Baltimore Street, scented after autumn on the ridge.

Apparel · Gettysburg

Chambersburg Street Print Shop

A two-person screen-print shop pressing our tees and totes a few doors from Lincoln Square.

Ceramics · Biglerville

Biglerville Clay Works

A potter north of town throwing the stoneware mugs and bud vases on our home-goods shelf.

Pantry · Cashtown

Round Barn Apiary

Wildflower honey from hives kept along the orchards west of Gettysburg toward Cashtown.

Pantry · Aspers

Orchard Row Kitchen

Apple butter and preserves cooked from fruit picked in the Adams County orchards along Route 34.

Pantry · New Oxford

Cannonball Coffee Roasters

A small roaster in New Oxford supplying our cold brew concentrate and whole-bean bags.

How It Works

How something gets onto our shelf

We keep it simple and local. If you make something in Adams County, here's the path from your kitchen table to our York Street window.

1. You're local. Makers are based in Gettysburg or an Adams County town — Biglerville, New Oxford, Littlestown, Fairfield, Cashtown and beyond.
2. We taste, smell & test. Everything is sampled in person before it earns a spot on the floor.
3. Fair split. We buy wholesale or split consignment so makers are paid fairly for small runs.
4. Your name stays on it. Shelf tags credit the maker and the town it came from.

Make something in Adams County?

We're always looking for the next candle, print, jar or mug. Send us a note and tell us what you make.

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