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Coppes Napanee Opens Dutch Kitchenette Replica for 150th Anniversary

8/12/2026

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Coppes Napanee opened a 30-foot Dutch Kitchenette replica in Nappanee, Indiana, for its 150th anniversary.
Historian Mary Figueroa of the Indiana State Museum said 5,000 dealers sold Hoosier “kitchen piano” cabinets with built-in flour sifters, spice carousels and meat grinders from the 1890s to the 1930s.
Nappanee, about 150 miles north of Indianapolis in Elkhart County, hopes the replica will boost tourism to its RV, wood and Amish attractions.

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Coppes Napanee opened a 30-foot Dutch Kitchenette replica in Nappanee, Indiana, for its 150th anniversary.
Historian Mary Figueroa of the Indiana State Museum said 5,000 dealers sold Hoosier “kitchen piano” cabinets with built-in flour sifters, spice carousels and meat grinders from the 1890s to the 1930s.
Nappanee, about 150 miles north of Indianapolis in Elkhart County, hopes the replica will boost tourism to its RV, wood and Amish attractions.