Retzler's True Value Hardware

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Address	132 N Walnut St
City, State, Zip	Wooster, Ohio 44691
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Last updated	2016:05-05 CLOSED

Retzler Hardware

Type	Hardware Stores
Industry	Retail
Fate	Acquired
Predecessor(s)	Wayne Hardware & Supply Company (1945-1958) Wayne Hardware (1938-1945) Welsh Hardware Inc. Harding Hardware Harding & Jones Hardware (1870's- )
Successor(s)	Retzler True Value Hardware Tignor Hometown Hardware
Founded	Wooster, Ohio (1958 (1958))
Headquarters	132 N. Walnut St. Wooster, Ohio, United States
Number of locations	1
Area served	Wayne County, Ohio
Parent	Value V & S Service (True Value) Hardware Stores

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, 1870's-

Location

• 124 N. Walnut St., Wooster, Ohio
• 132 N. Walnut St., Wooster, Ohio
  • business sold to Tignor Hometown Hardware
  • building sold Wooster Investment Company

Timeline

• 1950 - Retzler's family purchased "Wayne Hardware and Supply Company"
• 1963 - store renamed "Retzler's True Value Hardware"
• 2003 - Joseph L. Retzler, President from 1963-2003 when he retired

Gallery

Invoice from Retzler Hardware dated 1969.

Receipt from Retzler Hardware dated 1969.

Newspaper articles

Newspaper citations with no attached images

• May 16, 1964: "Red Cross Buys Former Retzler Store Building" by Unknown Author, The Daily Record, p..

What Links Here

• Wayne County Chapter of the American Red Cross ‎ (← links)
• Retzler's True Value Hardware ‎ (← links)
• Wayne Hardware & Supply Company ‎ (← links)
• Tignor Hometown Hardware ‎ (← links)
• Harding & Jones Hardware ‎ (← links)
• Historic Downtown Wooster ‎ (← links)