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About Us
Two brothers brought up in the depression era farm land of East
Texas and recently discharged from the military at the end of World War 2,
came to Houston in pursuit of employment. Finding work as safe and door closer
technicians they soon pooled their savings and in 1949 purchased Acme Safe and
Lock Service Company, a company whose roots dated back to the late 1890's.
These two brothers having a strong work ethic took this small
safe and door closer repair company and began to mold it into the largest
service company in Houston, providing locksmith service to both commercial and
residential customers. With their knowledge of the door closer industry they
brought defective closers in from South Texas and Louisiana schools, repaired
them and then returned them to the customer. Being one of the few vendors that
would call on South Texas schools, their services often included supplying
items otherwise unavailable in the small towns dotting the Texas Valley, items
renting from basketballs and baseballs to window sashes, all of which could be
purchased through their business and resold to these schools.
As Houston's skyline grew, Acme grew, providing service and
materials to the contractors and tenants of high rise office towers,
hospitals, universities and many other institutions. When Houston's door
hardware supply icon, Peden Iron and Steel closed, the opportunity for Acme to
step in and fill the void in lock and door closer supply was seized. Today
there is no service department and door closer repair is a thing of the past,
yet the warehouse has grown and our construction, institution and commercial
property customers find the material they need in Acme's warehouse, which
contains 6000 different line items representing more than 100
manufactures.
Today, two brothers still control Acme, a second generation in
1994 purchased Acme Safe & Lock, later changing the name to Acme
Architectural Hardware while continuing the tradition of service and
quality.
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