JEFFERSONVILLE – Heuser Hardware is celebrating 100 years of business in Jeffersonville with the new year.
The hardware store at 523 Spring Street was opened in 1923 and has been through 11 owners in the 100 years.
In that time the store has seen four bridges built, the Great Depression, recessions, the Great Flood of 1937 and, most recently, the COVID pandemic.
Throughout all those hardships, the store has always remained open.
“Like any business, we’ve had our ups and our downs, but we’ve always been able to bounce back from them,” said Tom Densford, Heuser Hardware co-owner. “COVID has obviously been a struggle, but we’re maintaining. We’re hanging in there and still loving what we do every day.”
Tom and his brother, Bill Densford, have owned…
