The building known as the Copper Shop is part of the 14-building Roycroft Campus in East Aurora. The campus evolved under the leadership of Arts & Crafts legend, Elbert Hubbard, beginning around 1895.

The Copper Shop was constructed in 1902 of local stone, half-timbered and stuccoed in the English cottage style. It was first used as a blacksmith shop and after additions for the manufacture of hammered copper products, the bottling of maple syrup and honey,
and as the Roycroft Bank.

By 1938, the Roycroft enterprise was in bankruptcy, victim of the Depression and changing public tastes.

The Roycroft Campus buildings found other purposes, and the Copper Shop spent nearly 50 years as a gift shop selling items made by modern Roycroft artisans. Interested preservationists succeeded in having the campus named a National Historic Landmark in 1986. The Roycroft Inn was completely restored by a local foundation in 1995 and successfully operates in 2005 as an inn.

In 2005, the Roycroft Campus Corporation (formerly the Roycroft Revitalization Corporation) purchased the Copper Shop as part of its long-term plan to restore the Roycroft Campus as it was when the Roycrofters were at work. In the short term, the group's goal is to restore the Copper Shop for initial use as retail, administrative, and workshop/demonstration space as well as to serve as the visitor center for the many curious Arts & Crafts aficionados who find their way to the campus. The long-term plan is to return the Copper Shop to a working metalsmith shop and copperworks museum.