Peter Kern (American businessman)

Peter Kern
Born(1835-10-31)October 31, 1835
Zwingenberg, Grand Duchy of Baden[1]
DiedOctober 28, 1907(1907-10-28) (aged 71)
Knoxville, Tennessee, USA
Resting placeOld Gray Cemetery
Knoxville, Tennessee, USA
Occupation(s)Confectioner, businessman, politician
SpouseHenrietta Myer[2]
Kern Building, built in 1875

Peter Kern (October 31, 1835 – October 28, 1907) was a German-born American businessman and politician active in Knoxville, Tennessee, USA, in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.[2] He is best known as the founder of the confections company that eventually evolved into Kern's Bakery, a brand still marketed in the Knoxville area.[3] The company's former confectionery and ice cream parlor, now called the Mall Building (or Oliver Hotel), still dominates the southwest corner of Market Square.[1] Kern served as Knoxville's mayor from 1890 until 1892.[2]

  1. ^ a b Jack Neely, Market Square: A History of the Most Democratic Place on Earth (Knoxville, Tenn.: Market Square District Association, 2009), pp. 31-34, 46-49.
  2. ^ a b c East Tennessee Historical Society, Mary Rothrock (ed.), The French Broad-Holston Country: A History of Knox County, Tennessee (Knoxville, Tenn.: East Tennessee Historical Society, 1972), pp. 436-437.
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