Pontalba Buildings (Louisiana states) : The oldest continuously-rented such apartments in the United States
22-03-2019
(USKings.us) The Pontalba Buildings form two sides of Jackson Square in the French Quarter of New Orleans, Louisiana. They are matching red-brick, one-block-long, four‑story buildings built in the late 1840s by the Baroness Micaela Almonester Pontalba. The ground floors house shops and restaurants; and the upper floors are apartments which, reputedly, are the oldest continuously-rented such apartments in the United States.
Holler House (Wisconsin states) : The tavern that houses the oldest sanctioned tenpin bowling alley in the United States
20-03-2019
(USKings.us) Holler House is a tavern that houses the oldest sanctioned tenpin bowling alley in the United States. Holler House contains the two oldest sanctioned lanes in the nation, both of which are still tended by human pinsetters.
Karen Uhlenbeck : The first woman to win the Abel Prize in the United States
20-03-2019
(USKings.us) Karen Keskulla Uhlenbeck (born August 24, 1942) is an American mathematician. She is a professor of mathematics at the University of Texas at Austin, where she holds the Sid W. Richardson Foundation Regents Chair.
Morton Salt (Illinois State) : The leading producer and marketer of salt in the United States
18-03-2019
(USKings.us) Morton Salt is an American food company producing salt for food, water conditioning, industrial, agricultural, and road/highway use. Based in Chicago, the business is North America's leading producer and marketer of salt. It is a subsidiary of the German mining company K+S.
Cargill (Minnesota State) : The largest privately held corporation of trading, purchasing and distributing grain and other agricultural commodities in the United States in terms of revenue
18-03-2019
(USKings.us) Cargill, Incorporated is an American privately held global corporation based in Minnetonka, Minnesota, and incorporated in Wilmington, Delaware. Founded in 1865, it is the largest privately held corporation in the United States in terms of revenue. If it were a public company, it would rank, as of 2015, number 15 on the Fortune 500, behind McKesson and ahead of AT&T.
D. G. Yuengling & Son (Pennsylvania state) : The oldest operating brewing company in the United States
10-03-2019
(UsKings.us ) D. G. Yuengling & Son is the oldest operating brewing company in the United States, established in 1829. It is one of the largest breweries by volume in the country. Based on volume sold in 2016, Yuengling was the top craft beer company in the U.S.
Seagrave Fire Apparatus LLC (Wisconsin state) : The longest running fire apparatus manufacturer in the United States
10-03-2019
(UsKings.us ) Seagrave Fire Apparatus LLC is the longest running fire apparatus manufacturer in America that specializes in pumper and rescue units, as well as aerial towers.
Brink's (Virginia state) : The largest private security and protection company in the United States
10-03-2019
(UsKings.us ) The Brink's Company is an American private security and protection company headquartered outside of Richmond, Virginia. Its core business is Brink's Inc.; it spun off its Brink's Home Security operations into a separate company (Broadview Security) in 2008.
Southdale Center (Minnesota state) : The oldest fully enclosed, climate-controlled shopping mall in the United States
10-03-2019
(UsKings.us ) Southdale Center is a shopping mall located in Edina, Minnesota, a suburb of the Twin Cities. It opened in 1956 and is the oldest fully enclosed, climate-controlled shopping mall in the United States. Southdale Center comprises 1,297,608 square feet (120,551.7 square metres) of leasable retail space, and contains 106 retail tenants. The mall is owned by Simon Property Group and is anchored by Macy's.
Doghouse (Ohio) : The first 'beer hotel' in the United States
10-03-2019
(UsKings.us ) In March 2018, Scottish beer company BrewDog launched a campaign for the "world's first crowdfunded craft beer hotel," complete with taps in all the rooms, mini-fridges stocked with beer in the showers, and a spa that uses beer-infused products.
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