Washington, DC's Hand-Poured Candles, Shipped from Main Street
From our bar inside the historic Hotel Gunter to Washington, DC, DC doorsteps — every candle hand-poured in Frostburg, Maryland.
The Pour House Candle Bar hand-pours soy-blend candles in Frostburg, Maryland and ships them to Washington, DC homes by USPS, typically in two to three days. We are practically neighbors — Frostburg sits about two and a half hours west of the District, past the last exurb and well into the Allegheny Mountains. DC is a city that lives indoors more than it admits: bay-front rowhouses on Capitol Hill and in Petworth with their radiator heat and eleven-foot ceilings, new condo lines in Shaw, group houses where somebody is always claiming the good reading chair. August turns the whole place into a greenhouse, and in January the dusk arrives before the commute does, which adds up to a great many evenings spent under lamplight with the shutters closed. A candle earns its keep in a winter rowhouse. Ours are $17 each, poured by hand inside the Hotel Gunter at 11 W. Main St., and boxed up on Main Street the way small things used to be done.
Three pours we'd send to Washington, DC
Pour House · House Signature — Bourbon, oak, and smoke — the back-corner-of-a-good-bar smell, for evenings when the Hill kept you late and you would rather mix your own nightcap at home.
Cashmere — Musk and amber for the five o'clock dark of a DC January, when the rowhouse lamps come on before the commute ends.
Fresh Linen — Cotton and green for a Capitol Hill rowhouse that has kept its windows shut since June. August in the District is a greenhouse, and this is the antidote.
Any single pour is $17. Take the whole flight — three pours for $51, or all six for $102 — or wander the 668-item collection of candles, wax melts, and gifts in the shop. For the Washington, DC friend who chooses their own scents, gift cards arrive by email within the hour.
Worth the drive from Washington, DC
Here is the better option, if you have a Saturday: Frostburg is about two and a half hours from Washington — out I-270 to I-70, then I-68 west into the mountains, the kind of drive where the exits get farther apart and the air gets cooler. At the end of it is Main Street, the Hotel Gunter (standing since 1897), and a bar where you order a craft cocktail and then hand-pour your own candle. The Flight gets you three pours for $51; The Full Pour, six for $102, which splits nicely among friends. We open July 17, 2026. Come up the mountain, pour something, and drive home with a car that smells better than it did on the way out.
Questions from Washington, DC
How long does shipping to Washington, DC take?
Usually two to three days by USPS ground. We ship from Frostburg, Maryland — same state, other end of it — so the District is one of our shortest routes.
Where are these candles made?
Every candle is hand-poured in a soy blend at The Pour House Candle Bar, inside the historic Hotel Gunter at 11 W. Main St., Frostburg, Maryland. House scents are $17 each, and the full collection runs 668 SKUs — candles, wax melts, room sprays, warmers, and more.
Can I visit the candle bar from DC?
Yes — Frostburg is about two and a half hours west of the District, and we open July 17, 2026. You can pour your own candle at the bar with a craft cocktail in hand; The Flight is three pours for $51.
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