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Revision as of 11:41, 3 February 2016


Harding & Jones Hardware
Former type Hardware Stores
Industry Retail
Fate Acquired by Harding & Jones Hardware
Founder(s) James C. Jacobs
Defunct 1874 (1874)
Headquarters 3-story building just West of Court House, Wooster, Ohio Iron Block Building, United States
Number of locations 1

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Comprehensive History

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]

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