McAuliffe’s ACE Hardware

McAuliffe’s was founded in 1920 by Jerry and John McAuliffe and has continuously operated in Marysville ever since.  The McAuliffe Brothers first location was a small shop on South Main that they rented for $9 a month, with the understanding that if they could remain in business for 11 months, the 12th month would be free.  In the early years, McAuliffe Bros. was primarily a plumbing & heating contractor, with John McAuliffe running the sales and Jerry McAuliffe managing the installations.  John remained with the company until his death in 1957.  Jerry was active in the company until his retirement in the late 1960’s.  Neither Jerry nor John had any children, but in 1947 they invited their nephew, Larry Fitzgerald into the company.  Larry was responsible for transforming the company into a retail hardware operation and moving the company location to North Main St. where McAuliffe’s served the Marysville community from 1964 to 1995.