Porters Building Centers Ace Hardware

Porters Building Centers began as Kearney Lumber company on June 7th of 1952. The company started in what was an abandoned mule barn in Kearney, Missouri by Mack and Mary Helen Porter. Mack cashed in the revenue generated from two years of teaching math, science and coaching. Mary Helen sold her new car. The company has grown to four locations. We have one contractor and distribution yard in Elwood, KS with a rail spur and four traditional lumberyard-home centers in Kearney (headquarters) Smithville, Laurie, Lathrop and Osage Beach. Porters stock many fine products other than those that you find in a typical Ace Hardware store. We feature the Benjamin Moore, Clark+Kensington and Ace Royal paint lines, in addition to Cabot & TWP. Other major brands include Stihl Outdoor Power Tools, Big Green Egg, Traeger, & Weber Grills, Milwaukee, DeWalt & Craftsman Power Tools, Therma-Tru Doors, Owens Corning & YellaWood Treated Lumber.