Dec 21, 2020
HAVERHILL â For decades, locals haven t had far to go to pick up whatever they needed for a home repair job or a lawn project.
Whether it was a paint brush, a washer for a leaky faucet, a light switch or a garden rake, a visit to the Arthur Sharp True Value hardware store at 21 Middlesex St. would likely yield what was needed.Â
Those visits will soon come to an end, however, as owner Patrick Lane has sold the store and accompanying land on the Bradford side of the Merrimack River to developer Alain Sfeir of Middlesex Haverhill Realty Trust.
By WHAV Staff |
December 16, 2020
Pat Lane has been with the business since he was in high school. (WHAV News photograph.)
A Haverhill institution Arthur Sharp Hardware is closing by Christmas and its Middlesex Street property is expected to give rise to 12 waterfront apartments.
Patrick J. Lane, who first went to work for the store when he was a 16-year-old Haverhill High School student, is retiring after being associated with the business nearly 50 years.
“After high school, I became manager for Arthur Sharp, who owned it prior to me, and then when he was retirement age, I bought it from him back in 1982. So, I’ve owned it for the last 38 and a half years,” he noted.