Hechinger

1911–1999 Washington, DC South Defunct
Hardware Stores District of Columbia
Hechinger
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Liquidated all stores in 1999 after the merged Hechinger/Builders Square company went bankrupt.

Hechinger was the Washington, D.C. region's dominant home-improvement chain, its orange logo and 'The World's Most Unusual Lumber Yard' slogan familiar to generations of Mid-Atlantic do-it-yourselfers. As Home Depot and Lowe's expanded the warehouse format, Hechinger was bought by an investment firm and merged with Builders Square. The combined company couldn't keep up, went bankrupt, and liquidated all of its stores in 1999.

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