Changes

Jump to navigation Jump to search

McKenzie Oerting & Company

204 bytes added, 07:11, 12 November 2008
no edit summary
[[Image:McKenzieOertingBuilding-1960s-Int.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Inside the McKenzie Oerting & Company headquarters in the 1960s]]
'''McKenzie Oerting & Company''' was a ship chandlery, marine supply and grocery founded in [[18861862]] by Danish immigrant [[P. J. McKenzie Oerting]] and reorganized in [[1886]] by his son, [[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.
*[[McKenzie Oerting Building]]
*[[Oerting family]]
 
==References==
{{refbegin}}
*J. S. Glass, editor. ''The Southern Manufacturer'', Volume V, Number 3. New Orleans: June 1901.
{{refend}}
[[Category:Defunct businesses]] [[Category:Maritime businesses]]

Navigation menu