Their oldest daughter Miriam married Irvin Miller in 1941, and after his return from WWII, they opened Woodlawn Paint and Hardware. After having two children, Irvin passed away at a young age and the Woodlawn store was sold.
In the 1960’s, Miriam and Irvin’s son, Rick, worked with his grandfather at Zeskind’s. As a teenager, he stocked shelves, repaired windows and screens, and waited on customers. By the early 1970's, and after 50 years in the business and with the neighborhood falling into hard times, Sam was looking to retire.
In 1973, Rick Sr. and his wife Deborah purchased Zeskind’s Hardware. In the following years they turned it into an extremely successful company, re-establishing Zeskind's as a cornerstone of the Carrolton Ridge community. As the business expanded, more buildings were purchased for additional material storage.
Eventually, Zeskind’s became the go-to place in Baltimore for roofing products and specialty hardware.
Rick Sr. and Deborah's son, Rick Jr., began working in the Baltimore City store at age 13, repairing windows and screens, cutting keys, stocking shelves and waiting on customers.
Working whenever he could for the family business through college, Rick. learned the hardware business from his parents. In 2008, after spending 7 years working in the millwork industry, Rick decided to join the family business full-time and grow it into a one-stop shop for customers to find all of their hardware and millwork needs in one place.
Over time, Zeskind's has grown from 3 employees to 50.
“Our years of industry experience shows through our clean and modern displays of doors, windows, and fine hardware,” Miller says of the showroom and company's history.
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