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'''McKenzie Oerting & Company''' was a ship chandlery, marine supply and grocery founded in [[1886]] by Danish immigrant [[Charles McKenzie Oerting]]. Its [[McKenzie Oerting Building|headquarters]] at 601 South [[Palafox Street]] was built in [[1892]].
 
'''McKenzie Oerting & Company''' was a ship chandlery, marine supply and grocery founded in [[1886]] by Danish immigrant [[Charles McKenzie Oerting]]. Its [[McKenzie Oerting Building|headquarters]] at 601 South [[Palafox Street]] was built in [[1892]].
  
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==See also==
 
==See also==

Revision as of 12:31, 6 November 2008

Inside the McKenzie Oerting & Company headquarters in the 1960s

McKenzie Oerting & Company was a ship chandlery, marine supply and grocery founded in 1886 by Danish immigrant Charles McKenzie Oerting. Its headquarters at 601 South Palafox Street was built in 1892.

When the business closed in 1971 with the retirement of John Alexander Oerting, Sr., it had the distinction of being city's oldest surviving business.

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See also