Marysville roots. More than a century of Hust Brothers.
Hust Brothers has been part of Marysville since 1919. The products, locations and industries have changed over the decades, but the business has remained grounded in parts knowledge, practical service and solving the job in front of the customer.
A local business with a story worth keeping.
Hust Brothers has served generations of motorists, repair shops, farms and businesses. Along the way, the company grew through multiple Marysville locations, developed specialty shop capabilities and became a familiar name across the region.
Some pieces of that history are well documented. Others are still being pieced together from photographs, advertisements, company records and the memories of people who were there. This page tells the story we can support today — and leaves room to add more as the record becomes clearer.
The next generation was already around the business.
One of the oldest photographs in the Hust Brothers collection shows Bill Hust as a child alongside early company automobiles. The caption preserved with the photograph describes it as visible proof of Bill’s early connection with his father’s business.
It is a small moment, but an important one: Hust Brothers was not only building a business in Marysville. It was already becoming a family story.
3rd Street, the Masonic Hall era, and a growing operation.
Two surviving pieces of company history help document this era: a framed storefront photograph identified with the Masonic Hall entrance on 3rd Street, and an advertisement placing Hust Brothers at the corner of 3rd and E Streets.
A recognizable name in downtown Marysville.
The storefront photograph shows employees gathered beside a Hust Brothers vehicle carrying the line “The Store of a Million Parts.” The accompanying display identifies the location with the Masonic Hall entrance on 3rd Street and names Charles Hust as owner, along with Bill Hust and Steve Hust among the people pictured.
An early advertisement from the same broad era places the business at the corner of 3rd and E Streets and promotes automotive and industrial parts, a complete machine shop, welding supplies and a staff of more than 25 trained members.
Evidence from the printed record.
- Places Hust Brothers at the corner of 3rd & E Streets.
- Uses the lines “The House of a Million Parts” and “Since 1919.”
- Promotes automotive and industrial parts, a machine shop, and welding supplies.
It is a small piece of printed history, but it helps anchor the storefront photo in the broader story of a company already growing into a major local parts operation.
Names preserved with the photo.
- Top: L. Haynes, C. Guyer, H. Yorton, B. Branden
- Center: E. Allee, Chas Hust (owner), L. Best, F. Bohnsack, L. Culbertson
- Bottom: Ken Schwartz, Bill Hust, D. Smith, B. Thomas, Steve Hust
These names give the photograph more than visual interest — they turn it into a documented company artifact tied to real people in Hust Brothers history.
A recognizable downtown storefront.
Another surviving photograph shows Hust Brothers Automotive Supply Co. at 4th and E Streets. The storefront, period cars and large corner signage capture a very different Marysville — but a company name that is immediately recognizable today.
Rather than force an exact year onto the image before the records are confirmed, we are treating it as part of Hust Brothers’ mid-century downtown history. As more documentation is located, the timeline can be tightened with exact move dates and ownership milestones.
The details tell their own story.
Not every piece of company history is a building or a milestone. Some of the most interesting reminders are the things Hust Brothers left behind along the way.
Growth meant more than adding shelves.
As Hust Brothers expanded, the Marysville operation grew with it. The aerial view shows the scale the business eventually reached: multiple buildings, shop space, inventory storage and a working yard supporting a much broader range of customers and services.
The technology changed too. The preserved POS invoice is a reminder that a company founded before modern computers had to keep adapting — from paper tickets and handwritten systems to digital inventory and sales tools — while keeping the same basic job at the center of the business: helping the customer get the right part.
A ballpark, Babe Ruth, Lou Gehrig — and one very good Marysville legend.
Long before Hust Brothers operated from its current Marysville property, the site was associated with baseball. In 1927, shortly after the World Series, Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig came through Marysville during their postseason barnstorming tour.
Marysville was not originally expected to be one of the tour stops. Local business interests helped bring the exhibition to town, giving local fans the chance to see two of baseball’s biggest stars captain opposing teams during the tour.
Still here. Still Hust Brothers.
The company today is smaller geographically than it once was, but the Marysville operation still combines broad parts coverage with specialty services that are increasingly uncommon under one roof.
Parts knowledge
Automotive, agricultural, commercial and industrial coverage backed by people who know how to work through applications and alternatives.
Specialty capability
Brake, hydraulic, machine-shop and driveline services give customers more ways to solve a problem without starting over somewhere else.
Marysville roots
More than a century after the company began, Hust Brothers continues serving customers from Marysville and carrying forward a name with real local history behind it.
There is more of the Hust story to document.
We are still gathering details about the exact sequence of early Marysville locations, the history of the current building and property, ownership milestones, and other chapters of the company story. As those facts are verified, this page can grow into a fuller company archive without turning family memory or local legend into fact before the record supports it.