Western Hardware Store

Western Hardware Store

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1880. 431 Harrison Ave. (southwest corner of 5th St.)

Built as the Manville and McCarthy Hardware and Miners Supply Company, this has been Western Hardware since 1920 and a fine example of an old-time hardware store. The two-story brick building has a cast iron storefront, bracketed cornice, and paired windows with segmental arches. Inside, in the north wall under a dentiled cornice, are more than 1,000 tiny drawers that offer a fortune in fixtures. The original counters, nail bins, and hardwood floors survive, as do the 15-foot ceilings of the full basement and first and second floors.

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