Monroe Hardware Opens in Mint Hill NC
Monroe Hardware Opens in Mint Hill NC
Every small town needs a hardware store. Not the blue or orange big box store out on the highway. A real hardware store where locals gather to discuss town news and you can find items that you didn’t think existed anymore.
Mint Hill NC once again has its own hardware in the center of town. Monroe Hardware opened recently in the former Harris Teeter grocery space at the Mint Hill Festival Shopping Center. While Monroe Hardware is new to Mint Hill, it is a historic company started in Monroe NC 124 years ago. The first Monroe Hardware opened in 1886. Its motto was “everything under the sun, from a pin hook to a Gatlin gun.”
The Monroe Hardware is not the only hardware that has occupied Mint Hill’s town center, just the most recent. For 90 years, the McEwen Hardware offered Mint Hill residents a place to shop for nuts and bolts. It closed in the 1990s.
Monroe Hardware is a fun place to shop. Last weekend, my husband and I strolled through the store. A couple were purchasing live baby chicks and supplies and getting advice from the manager. My husband, who works for one of the big box home improvement stores, found some items that he can’t get from his employer. The store is advertised as having 30,000 items in the hardware, gardening, animal and pet supplies, cleaning and housewares and sporting goods.
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Copyright 2010. Carol Fox. Allen Tate Realtors. *Monroe Hardware Opens in Mint Hill NC*