A Brief History
Downtown Salisbury, circa 1910
Kuhn’s Jewelers isn’t just the city’s oldest jewelry store – it’s the sixth oldest continuously operated business of its kind in the nation. Since 1853, the business has established itself as a seller of top-quality jewelry and giftware.
In 1923, John A. Kuhn liked the business so well that he bought it and renamed it Kuhn’s Jewelers. The late John R. “Diamond Jack” Purnell, Kuhn’s son-in-law took over the business in 1953 and his daughter, Susan, became co-owner of firm in 1995.