Meet Becky and Chris Glaze (Proprietors and Owners)
We Found A Refreshing Way to Do Business at our Store.
Becky and Chris Glaze are the owners and proprietors of the store.
Becky has a passion for cooking and for retail. She left a corporate position as a loan officer of 15 years for a calling that puts her in front of her customers every day. She relishes the country setting and enjoys the connections she has with her customers. Her husband Chris formerly worked in agricultural management and research and now enjoys working as the operations' handy man. He fills in with whatever role is needed.
We would like to personally welcome you to visit the Cockrell Mercantile Company.
Nestled between Lee's Summit and Lone Jack, Missouri in a 115 year old general store
we like to think that the Cockrell village is a unique and charming shopping experience that you won't want to miss. We offer an outstanding selection of quality products at reasonable prices. Bring a friend or two or more, and spend the day with us!
The Owners Feel Old Fashioned Customer Service Works Best.
The original owner of Cockrell Mercantile served Kansas City customers for nearly 40 years. Along with a superior collection of high-end cookware and home decor, Cockrell Mercantile delivers customer service where the customer makes the difference.
The shops at Cockrell Mercantile are bursting with products to amuse, delight and entice the customer. Getting to Cockrell Mercantile is half the fun.
We look forward to seeing you.
History
12 miles south of the muddy Missouri River, the town of Cockrell was home to traders and frontiers men.
Cockrell, now within the larger Lee's Summit, Missouri city limits, was home to some 5 families during the early 1900s. Before automobiles carried residents into the big city of Kansas City for work, the people of Cockrell supported themselves off the land and with local trading at the General Store, which is the main building of Cockrell Mercantile.
The border wars from the Civil War color the area's theme.
Neighboring Kansas was a free state and Missouri, the South's most northern slave state, accentuated the bloody division in the country in the 1860s. Many battles were fought in the area: at Lone Jack, Lee's Summit, and Loose Park. Forces from the North and South clashed here, sending brother against brother, friend against friend during the turbulent time deciding the fate of slavery and freedom for Southern and Northern sensibilities. These historic battlefields can be seen today. The Lone Jack battlefield as well as the Lee's Summit history includes many Civil War strategic points.
Our Cottages
Cockrell Mercantile
816-697-1923. welcome to the main store of our vintage village, with the smell of freshly ground coffee and the warm glow of shiny copper. you will find a huge selection of gourmet foods, including those from rothschild farms, jake and amos, wind and willow and olde westport spice. kitchen gadgets and spatulas, table linens and aprons will tempt you as you move through the aisles to select cookware from all-clad, le creuset and chantal and dinnerware from denby, portmeirion and signature housewares, to name a few. sample the fragrant lotions from caldrea while browsing the cookbooks and perusing the tea selections. see the remodeled store.
Cockrell Cottage
816-697-2100. delight your senses at the cockrell cottage with the popular woodwick and root candles and the wonderfully fragrant aromatique potpourri. choose from the many home décor items, including seasonal items and delightful signs by danielson designs. the cottage hosts a nice selection of baby gifts, gift books, and the newest designs of vera bradley handbags.
The Morton House
816-697-3147. the morton house is home to everything a seasoned or novice baker might need, from doughmaker, kaiser, anolon and chicago metallic bakeware, to nordicware specialty cake pans, to king arthur flour products and so much more. the selection of baking supplies, including hundreds of cookie cutters, will amaze you!
Fiesta Cottage
816-697-2880. this colorful cottage will make you smile with its wonderful selection of fiestaware dinnerware. every current color and shape of this popular dinnerware can be found on our shelves, making us one of the largest dealers of fiestaware in the midwest! perfect for bridal registries! do you know the new color in fiestaware?
Cockrell Annex
flower pots, bird baths and garden décor are just some of the items you can find in the cockrell annex. decorate your porch or backyard with these outdoor treasures.
Gifts Ideas
Gift Certificates
Custom Gift Baskets
for every occasion
Housewarming Gifts
Perfect entertaining ideas
Teachers Gifts
Superb way to appreciate your children's instructors
Mother's Day Gifts
What mother wouldn't love a gift certificate to Cockrell Mercantile?
Graduation Gifts
Vera Bradley hadbags are the perfect college accessory
Father's Day Gifts
BBQ and bar supplies
Birthday Gifts
Everything from teas and coffees to candles and home decor
Wedding and Shower gifts
Fiestaware is very popular for today's brides. Who doesn't love all that color?
Cockrell Mercantile is an charming collection of once-houses-and-outbuildings now transformed into a peaceful destination-shopping experience unlike any other. Colorful textiles and decor, delicious gourmet and old-recipe foods, tasteful gifts and baking HEAVEN mix with hardwood floors and cicadas singing in the trees -- Truly, one's first visit isn't the last!
How's your cookware? We offer the best (so you may stop fighting with your pans and actually enjoy cooking again). Need a NordicWare bundt pan or a specific cookie cutter? We probably have it. Kitchen gadgets galore--practical and kitschy alike--adorn our wooden shelves. You won't believe your eyes.
Our inspiring items change from day to day, so you simply must come in and see it all for yourself. A web store would never do us justice!
Welcome to the main store of our vintage village, with the smell of freshly ground coffee and the warm glow of shiny copper. You will find a huge selection of gourmet foods, including those from Rothschild Farms, Jake and Amos, Wind and Willow and Olde Westport Spice. Kitchen gadgets and spatulas, table linens and aprons will tempt you as you move through the aisles to select cookware from All-Clad, Le Creuset and Chantal and dinnerware from Denby, Portmeirion and Signature Housewares, to name a few. Sample the fragrant lotions from Caldrea while browsing the cookbooks and perusing the tea selections.