Lenoch & Cilek ACE Hardware

Lenoch & Cilek Ace Hardware Inc. is one of Iowa City-Coralville’s oldest businesses. It was founded in 1905 as Smith & Cilek. The name changed to Lenoch & Cilek Ace Hardware in 1920. In 1961 Lenoch & Cilek Ace Hardware became a member of what was then known as Cotter & Co. Later we joined with the True Value co-operative, and took that name. By being a member of a co-operative, Lenoch & Cilek Ace Hardware was able to provide it’s customers with an excellent selection of merchandise at lower prices. In the fall of 2001, the company’s owners’ decided that change was again needed in order to be competitive in the future. At that time Lenoch & Cilek Ace Hardware decided to become an affiliate of the Ace Hardware Corporation.