The former Umber's Hardware store on Lower Huntington Road in the Waynedale area of Fort Wayne, Indiana.
The store, which opened in 1944 and moved to this building in 1955, closed at the beginning of 2020 after owner Dave Umber decided to retire. The locally owned store was one of Waynedale's oldest businesses. When I was young, Umbers was an Ace Hardware store; it later became a Do It Best store.
The inside of the store looks so small with everything stripped out of it.
9-9-20
Update: In the summer of 2022, the building was remodeled and reopened as Waynedale Do It Best Hardware.
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