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New page: thumb|right|200px|Inside the [[McKenzie Oerting Building in the 1960s]] '''McKenzie Oerting & Company''' was a ship chandlery, marine supply...
[[Image:McKenzieOertingBuilding-1960s-Int.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Inside the [[McKenzie Oerting Building]] in the 1960s]]
'''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]].
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==
*[[McKenzie Oerting Building]]
*[[Oerting family]]
[[Category:Defunct businesses]] [[Category:Maritime businesses]]
'''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]].
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==
*[[McKenzie Oerting Building]]
*[[Oerting family]]
[[Category:Defunct businesses]] [[Category:Maritime businesses]]
