Difference between revisions of "Harding & Jones Hardware"

Harding & Jones Hardware
Type	Hardware Stores; Sporting Goods Stores
Industry	Retail
Fate	Acquired by Harding & Jones Hardware
Predecessor(s)	Jacobs Hardware Store
Successor(s)	Harding Hardware
Founded	Wooster, Ohio (1876)
Founder(s)	William A. Harding and W. H. Jones
Headquarters	Wooster, Ohio, United States
Number of locations	3-story building just West of Court House, Wooster, Ohio
Key people	William A. Harding; W. H. Jones

Revision as of 11:07, 28 January 2017

In 1874, James C. Jacobs sold his well-established hardware store business and the Iron Block Building to Col. Samuel Keefer, of New York city, New York. In 1876, Keefer transferred the hardware store business to William A. Harding and Willard H. Jones, also of New York and they moved to Wooster, Ohio to operate the business.^[1]

Company name

currently Tignor Hometown Hardware
Retzler True Value Hardware
Retzler Hardware
- previously Wayne Hardware & Supply Company, 1945-1958
- previously Wayne Hardware, 1938-1945
- previously Welsh Hardware Inc.
- previously Harding Hardware
- previously Harding & Jones Hardware, 1876-

Locations

1989 S. Buckeye St., Wooster, Ohio 44691

City Directories

Comprehensive History

Slogans

Historical documents

Timeline

Gallery

Business Letterheads

Business Photos

Newspaper articles

Newspaper full-text articles

Harding & Jones' Hardware Store. An Extensive Business Industry. Wayne County Democrat, Supplement, DEC. 18, 1878 p.2
Neighborhood News. Wooster. Dalton Gazette, 1879-MAR-12 p.1

Newspaper ads

Newspaper citations with no attached images

References

↑ Wayne County Democrat Supplement, Dec-18-1878 p.2

[1] Wayne County Democrat Supplement, Dec-18-1878 p.2

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