Our History
Habegger's Ace Lumber and Building Supply has been serving Berne, Indiana, and the surrounding area with quality materials and craftsmanship since 1956. Starting as a manufacturer of pre-fabricated homes and poultry buildings, the business expanded into the construction of light commercial buildings and quality on-site constructed homes. Since 1976, after joining the Ace family, the emphasis of Habegger's Ace has become that of a supplier of quality lumber and building materials, including windows, doors, hardware, paint, electrical, and plumbing supplies to the professional as well as the weekend warrior. We stock a complete line of building materials in five warehouses, ready for immediate shipment on our fleet of delivery trucks.
1955
Habegger brothers began to join efforts. Previously, Sam operated a construction company in Fort Wayne called Habegger Construction Company, while Charlie sold homes for Inland Homes out of Piqua, Ohio.
| 1956 Establishment of Habegger Building and Supply by brothers Charlie and Sam. |
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1960-1966
Venture of Willshire Lumber Company
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1965 Business is nearly destroyed by Palm Sunday Tornado. |
1967-1976
Swiss Haus of Camping.
1977
Join Ace Hardware Family.
1978
Development of Schweizer Platz welcoming other
business into the complex.
1980
Moved back to north end of lot in same location as
today.
1990
Grand reopening of store, remodeled to show
strong affiliation with ACE.
| December 8th, 1990 Only 16 days after the grand reopening of the newly remodeled store, it was completely lost to a devastating fire. Habeggers were extremely grateful to the local and area firefighters who battled the blaze and kept the damage to a minimum. They were able to operate out of a warehouse while the store was being rebuilt. |
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Summer 1991
Habeggers hold an appreciation dinner for the
local firefighters and community members that
responded to the fire.
01-July-1991
Grand Reopening at Swiss Days.
14-July-2006
Celebrated 50 years of being in business in Berne
with an expanded showroom and other improvements
to the store. New generation of Habeggers, Alan,
Brian and Mike running the store.
03-March-2007
Cline Construction of Bluffton added through a
partnership between the Frauhiger Family and
Habegger Building and Supply.
Steve had previously run Hobby Shop Custom
Builders for 17 years.
