The Chattanooga Area Chamber of Commerce, which was started 132 years ago, has recognized 62 local businesses, schools and other organizations which are at least 100 years old.
During the Chamber's annual meeting on Tuesday, officials handed out plaques for the businesses and groups which have been in Chattanooga since 1919 or earlier.
Jeff DeLoach, president of the Chattanooga Times Free Press which is celebrating its 150th anniversary this year, praised the local companies and groups that have maintained their business and mission for the past century and more. The newspaper is recognizing many of those businesses in a special section in the upcoming Sunday edition.
The Hamilton County entities that date back at least a century and which are members of the Chamber of Commerce or which acquired businesses dating back that long, include:
Acheson Foundry & Machine Works, Inc. - 1899
AdTech Ceramics - 1902
American Red Cross of SETN - 1917
Arcade Beauty - 1902
Baylor School - 1845
Bright School - 1913
Brown Chain Link Fence Construction Co. - 1892
Chambliss, Bahner & Stophel, PC - 1886
Chambliss Center for Children - 1872
Chattanooga Area Chamber of Commerce - 1887
Chattanooga Armature Works - 1890
Chattanooga Bakery, Inc. - 1917
Chattanooga Boiler & Tank Co - 1905
Chattanooga Coca-Cola Bottling Company UNITED, Inc. - 1899
Chattanooga Gas Company - 1869
Chattanooga Golf and Country Club - 1896
Chattanooga Regional Manufacturing Association - 1902
Chattanooga Rotary Club - 1915
Chattanooga Times Free Press - 1869
Chattem Chemicals, Inc. - 1879
Erlanger Health System - 1899
Eureka Foundry Company - 1902
Fidelity Trust Company - 1912
Fillauer Companies, Inc. - 1914
First Baptist Church - 1866
First-Centerary United Methodist Church - 1839
First Presbyterian Church - 1885
First Tennessee Bank - 1903
Fischer Evans Jewelers - 1869
Flegal Insurance Inc.- 1917
Food City - 1918
Fowler Brothers - 1884
Franklin-Strickland Funeral Home - 1881
Girls Preparatory School - 1906
Greater Chattanooga Association of Realtors, Inc. - 1902
Greater Second Missionary Baptist Church - 1866
Hamilton County Herald - 1913
IBEW Local Union 175 - 1912
Junior League of Chattanooga - 1917
Kiwanis Club of Chattanooga - 1917
Lee University - 1918
Leitner, Williams, Dooley & Napolitan, PLLC - 1882
Lodge Manufacturing - 1896
Maulden & Jenkins LLC - 1902
Miller & Martin PLLC - 1867
Mizpah Congregation - 1866
Mueller Co., LLC - 1857
Notre Dame High School - 1876
Rotary Club of Chattanooga - 1915
Sanofi - 1879
Second Presbyterian Church - 1871
Siskin Steel & Supply Company, Inc. - 1900
Spears, Moore, Rebman & Wiliams PC - 1913
St. Paul's Episcopal Church - 1852
St. Peter and Paul Bascila - 1866
Steward, Inc. - 1876
SunTrust Bank - 1891
Tennesssee American Water - 1886
Tennessee Association of Manufacturers - 1902
The Incline Railway - 1895
The McCallie School - 1905
The Read House Historic Inn and Suites - 1872
Title Guaranty & Trust Company of Chattanooga - 1887
TT Wilson - 1887
University of Tennesee at Chattanooga - 1886
Unum Group - 1887
Urban League of Greater Chattanooga - 1918
U.S. Stove Co. - 1869
Volunteer Bank - 1904
Walter A. Wood Supply Company, Inc. - 1913
YMCA of Metropolitan Chattanooga - 1874
Zarzour's Cafe - 1918