Retzler's True Value Hardware

Current Contact Information
Address	132 N Walnut St
City, State, Zip	Wooster, Ohio 44691
Phone
Contact Person	Joseph L. Retzler
Contact Title	Owner
Email
Last updated	2016:05-05 CLOSED

Retzler Hardware

Former 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))
Founder(s)	Joseph L. Retzler (1963-2003)
Defunct	July 23, 2003 (2003-07-23)
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
• 2003 - July 23, sold to Michael Tignor who opened Tignor's Hardware Store

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..

• March 24, 1995: "Joseph L. Retzler" 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)