
Thursday, May 3, 2022, Ed Dowd, Executive Director of the Mattoon Chamber of Commerce was a guest on 101.3 WMCI. Here is a brief description of what he covered during the interview:
Mattoon Businesses over 50 years old still in existence:
Bub was working on a commercial spot and asked about where The Burger King ranked in local business longevity having their 70 anniversary this year. As it turns out there are nearly two dozen businesses in Mattoon who are even older than The Burger King and still in existence. First Mid Bank and Trust has been in business locally in one form or another since 1865, making it the oldest local business still operating. Amazingly, First-Mid Bank & Trust; Craig & Craig Law Firm and Odd Fellow Rebakah Home have all been around since the 1800’s. deBuhr’s Feed and Seed and House Brothers Tavern are the oldest single family owned businesses that are still in their original location on Western Avenue since the early 1900’s. We might have even missed some businesses and would love to know if the list of over 30 businesses on the Chamber website needs to be updated!
Company Name | Year |
First-Mid Bank & Trust | 1865 |
Craig and Craig, LLC | 1868 |
Consolidated Communications | 1894 |
Odd Fellow Rebekah Home | 1898 |
Schilling Funeral Home | 1903 |
Mattoon Chamber | 1905 |
House Brothers Tavern | 1908 |
YMCA | 1912 |
Ameren CIPS | 1912 |
deBuhr’s Feed & Seed | 1914 |
Mitchell-Jerdan Funeral Home | 1934 |
Coles-Moultrie Electric Co-Op | 1938 |
Journal-Gazette | 1939 |
Kull Lumber | 1943 |
Ronchetti’s Distributing | 1946 |
Gardner-Whitworth | 1946 |
Lorenz Supply | 1946 |
Shores Jewelry | 1948 |
Anamet/Anaconda | 1950 |
Howell Paving | 1951 |
The Burger King | 1952 |
Mark’s My Store | 1955 |
Rural King | 1960 |
Doering, Winders & Co. | 1960 |
Douglas-Hart Nature Center | 1960 |
Coles County Airport | 1963 |
KC Summers | 1964 |
LifeLinks | 1965 |
Little Mexico | 1966 |
Lake Land College | 1966 |
Keep up to date at the Mattoon Chamber of Commerce website.
Listen to the complete interview here:
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