The New District Lock & Hardware

While we are based on Capitol Hill, we do not have a retail store location. We are strictly an on site service provider. If you’re looking for a place to duplicate keys, please see our friends at Fragers!4/11/16 Update: Please note our emergency hours have changed. As a small, family run company, we do not contract out after hours work. Please understand our technicians may not be able to assist you after regular business hours.1/23/15 Update: Please check our photos on Yelp!, so you may see which one of our technicians will be coming to help!2/19/14 Update: Please be aware of Copycat Companies using a name similar to ours! This is a trick to take advantage of customers! We are the original and authentic!District Lock is Washington’s Oldest, Most Professional, Experienced & Reliable Locksmith Service. We specialize in a varity of residential & commercial mechanical locking systems, offer home, business & automotive lockout service and is a Mul-T-Lock High Security Dealer. From rekeying locks on your new home to fixing that sticky knob; Keys in your purse but the purse is in the car, No problem! Same day service is our specialty & our goal is to make you happy! If we do not provide a 5 star service for you, we have failed you 100% and at District Lock that is not the way we do business! Family owned and operated since 1946, we hold ourselves to a higher standard.Please check our website for a full list of what we do and who we are. Established in 1946.When Harry Kroll came home from the Second World War, He decided his hometown needed a reliable locksmith company & in 1946, Mr. Kroll opened the original District Lock & Hardware on the 700 Block of 8th St SE where it stayed until the 50s, moving up a block to 505 8th St SE, its home for over 50 years. Over that time District Lock was a DC institution, known for its great selection of tools, keys & the place 1st term Reps were told to call. Encyclopedic knowledge & good old fashioned service were the norm. In the early 90s the company to current owner Steven Harrell. Steve saw the company through the surge of the real estate market & the rediscovery of Washington as a place to live. Unfortunately with the arrival of Home Depot in NE DC, The days of the small Mom & Pop’s were numbered. District Lock & Hardware closed its doors in August of 2007. Steve was still determined to provide customers with the best possible service, knowledge and reliability, Opening District Lock the next day!