August 16

[C. Fontaine]

Big update to the Store Locator.

A former store manager from the early 90's surprised me over vacation and sent me a store directory from May 1991!  This helped add missing info to numerous locations, mostly Indiana and Mass, and provided over 100 new locations.  These locations are the remnants of Ames's first mass closing during their first bankruptcy.  I've been working hard to sort through it and get these compiled for you all.  We currently have 745 locations!

Also I have added about 8 new Chicago locations I was able to track down in my work's computer system.

** Notes a new location to the store locator.

0004 Ogdensburg, NY **
0006 Lockport, NY **
0020 Westfield, MA
0023 N Tonawanda, NY **
0026 Westminiser, MD **
0033 Cambridge, MA
0034 Milford, DE **
0036 Pocomoke City, MD **
0042 Chestertown, MD **
0064 Waterloo, NY **
0084 Pr. Frederick, MD **
0085 Smryna, DE **
0218 New Haven, CT **
0220 Odenton, MD **
0224 Gettysburg, PA **
0228 Waldorf, MD **
0241 Presque Isle, ME
0247 Hamden, CT **
0249 Paulsboro, NJ **
0252 Bridgeton, NJ **
0254 Richmond, VA
0260 Deptford, NJ
0267 Warenton, VA **
0268 Chesterfield, VA **
0270 Blackstone, VA **
0271 Weston, WV **
0275 Xenia, OH **
0276 Batesville, IN
0281 Eaton, OH **
0282 Onley, VA **
0285 Willard, OH **
0288 West Point, VA **
0290 Summersville,WV **
0291 Wauseon, OH
0292 Decatur, IN
0298 Wabash, IN
0299 Smithfield, VA **
0315 Waterloo, NY **
0327 Webster, NY
0351 Grand Island, NY **
0357 Mayville, NY **
0364 Hampstead, MD **
0368 Caribou, ME
0370 Houlton, ME
0372 Batavia, NY **
0374 Skowhegan, ME
0380 Milton, PA **
0381 Richmond, VA **
0389 Caro, MI
0291 Kenton, OH **
0392 Appomattox, VA **
0393 Plainwell, MI
0394 Bluffton, IN
0395 Mansfield, PA **
0396 Three Rivers, MI
0398 Fenton, MI
0401 Cedar Springs, MI
0402 Chelsea, MI
0404 Howell, MI
0405 Peru, IN
0406 Goshen, IN
0415 Dover, DE **
0418 Greece, NY **
0419 Middletown, NY **
0420 Charlottesville, VA **
0421 Columbia City, IN
0422 Rensselaer, IN
0423 Richmond VA **
0426 Big Rapids, MI
0427 La Porte, IN
0429 Cadillac, MI **
0430 Houghton Lake, MI
0434 Reading, PA **
0502 Williamsburg, VA **
0503 Suffolk, VA **
0504 Gloucester, VA **
0505 Ashland, VA **
0507 Newport News, VA
0517 Annapolis, MD **
0521 Randallstown, MD **
0523 Greenville, PA **
0553 Camp Hill, PA **
0556 New Martinsville, WV **
0557 Hinton, WV
0559 Bridgeport, WV **
0560 Charleston, WV **
0562 Beckley, WV **
0563 Morgantown, WV **
0568 Pikeville, KY **
0569 Ashland, KY **
0571 Auburn, IN
0572 Plymouth, IN
0576 Lawrenceburg, IN **
0577 Kendallville, IN
0578 Salem, IN
0579 Sturgis, MI
0580 Hillsdale, MI
0581 Gallipolis, OH **
0582 Springboro, OH **
0583 Circleville, OH **
0585 Tipp City, OH
0586 Coshocton, OH
0588 Bryan, OH
0589 Bucyrus, OH **
0592 Greenville, OH
0594 Galion, OH
0596 Tiffin, OH
0597 Lebanon, OH **
0600 Alliance, OH **
0606 Warren, OH
0607 Kent, OH **
2103 Braintree, MA
2106 Braintree, MA
2113 Roxbury, MA
2118 Lowell, MA
2121 Manchester, NH
2124 Cambridge, MA **
2131 Lakewood, NY **
2136 Rome, NY **
2149 Brockton, MA
2160 Lawrence, MA
2162 Nashua, NH
2166 Haverhill, MA
2171 Madawaska, ME
2173 Hazelton, PA **
2181 Nashua, NH
2182 Wilmington, DE **
2189 Newark, DE **
2194 North Windham, ME
2196 Cortland, NY **
2197 Wilmington, DE **
2201 Londonderry, NH
2203 Olean, NY **
2205 Elmira, NY
2207 Dunkirk, NY
2209 Plaistow,NH
2214 Fairhaven, MA
2215 Niagara Falls, NY **
2219 Rochester, NY **
2221 Rochester, NY **
2244 Baltimore, MD **
2245 Baltimore, MD **
2247 Baltimore, MD **
2249 LaVale, MD **
2251 Harrisburg, PA **
2308 Cambridge, OH **
2318 Barberton, OH **
2325 Mansfield, OH **
2326 Akron, OH **
2338 Elyria, OH **
2343 Chicago, IL
2347 Chicago, IL **
2352 Chicago, IL
2355 Chicago, IL
2357 Chicago, IL
2358 Chicago, IL **
2368 Chicago, IL **
2371 Chicago, IL **
2373 Chicago, IL **
2388 Chicago, IL
2393 Sharon, PA **
2397 Chicago, IL
2402 Martinsburg, WV **
2498 Chesapeake, VA **
2523 Winchester, VA **
2528 Manassas, VA **
2535 Virginia Beach, VA **
2536 Virginia Beach, VA **
2537 Norfolk, VA **
2566 Portsmouth, VA **
2577 Temple Hills, MD **
2583 Glen Burnie, MD **

[NJxxJon]

I know you need help with this one SOMEhow....lol........Bridgeton NJ??? DAMN ....I have to take pics up north it looks like. :bounce:

[tokensafari]

0581 Gallipolis, OH
0560 Charleston, WV
0569 Ashland, KY

Former Hills locations, which you have pictures of.

[C. Fontaine]

Those are actually much older locations, not the former Hills locations.  They closed before Ames bought Hills, unfortunately I don't have any addresses!

[tokensafari]

hmmm....could it be they went ames, hills, ames?

charleston im not sure about... but the other two idk of any locations prior..

[busman_49]

For those of you still playing along at home, I found an address for the former Ames in Springboro, OH.

825 W Central Ave, Springboro, OH

source: http://www.homefacts.com/environmentalhazards/Ohio/Montgomery-County/Springboro/Tanks-Ames-0582-Oh83003025.html