Directions
To get to Harrison Brothers Hardware from Regions Bank:
Turn left on South Side Square and stop across the street from Harrison Brothers Hardware Store, on your right at 124 South Side Square.
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Site Description
Harrison Brothers Hardware Store, ca. 1897
Harrison Brothers Hardware is Huntsville's oldest retail business.
Brothers James, Daniel and Robert Harrison first opened a wholesale tobacco operation and they moved into this location in 1897, adding crockery, furniture and hardware. Robert's sons assumed ownership in the mid-1950s and carried on the family traditions. The store closed in 1983.
The non-profit Historic Huntsville Foundation, started by architect Harvey Jones, bought the store, contents and all, and it reopened in 1984.
Today the store is an eclectic mix of the old and new, town and country, all of it interesting, with a few surprises for the shopper hidden here and there.
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