Henry Hopkins, born in 1845, was the son of housewright Moses Hopkins Jr. and lived at 463 Long Pond Road. At age 22, he and his father built a blacksmith shop on their property across the street at 4 Depot Road, where he shod horses and made hinges, hooks, pulleys, and other tools. In 1972, the shop was sold to the New England Fire and History Museum and moved to its site on Route 6A. In 1973, it underwent restoration with a new roof, and its original Birmingham brick chimney was taken apart and rebuilt. As at its original site, the shop had no cellar and appeared to rest on bricks. Inside, the original wood forge remained in place, and Henry Hopkins' original anvil was mounted on a ship's mast beside it, along with two bellows and many original tools. For many years, the shop gave visitors insight into an earlier way of life in Brewster, but after the Fire Museum closed, it slowly deteriorated. In 2009, the Brewster Historical Society acquired the shop and moved it to the Windmill Village grounds beside the Higgins-Farm Windmill and the Harris-Black House. With support from Community Preservation Act Funds, it was restored as nearly authentically as possible to recreate the period when blacksmithing was at its height during the second half of the nineteenth century. Maintained and operated by the Brewster Historical Society, the shop's tools are hand-powered, with no electricity except what is required for public safety; its blowers, drills, and grinding tools are hand cranked, and its rare wood forge helps make it one of the most unique and important historical sites on Cape Cod today.