LANN THE CLEVER AND HOUSE LANNISTER’S DEVIOUS BEGINNINGS For thousands of years in Westeros, the seat of power in the westerlands has resided in Casterly Rock, a massive fortress carved from a ...

It’s all you eat and sleep,” said Walter Lann, Jr., whose great-grandfather co-founded Lann & Carter Hardware Co. shortly after the Civil War.

While there are 143 years of history attached to the downtown staple, a new chapter recently began as sixth-generation owners, Abby Lann McCartney and her husband, John Ross, took ownership.