Jenn-Air Corporation Founded by Ohio native Louis J. Jenn in 1947 following its move to Indianapolis, Jenn Industries produced self-ventilating, overhead exhaust… Read More »Jenn-Air Corporation
Kahn Tailoring Company The son of Alsatian Jewish immigrants, Henry Kahn (1860-1934) attended and trained as a tailor with his father. In 1886,… Read More »Kahn Tailoring Company
Kingan and Company Kingan and Company, a global meatpacking concern, operated at Maryland and Blackford streets along White River. In 1845, Samuel Kingan,… Read More »Kingan and Company
Kountry Kitchen Soul Food Place Kountry Kitchen Soul Food Place has served the and beyond since it first opened in 1988. Jessie Johnson White established… Read More »Kountry Kitchen Soul Food Place
L. S. Ayres & Company L. S. Ayres and Company was the first modern Indianapolis department store in Indianapolis and long one of the city’s… Read More »L. S. Ayres & Company
L. Strauss and Company In 1853, Jewish tailor Max Dernham and German clothier John Gramling purchased the stock of G. Simon & Co. (founded… Read More »L. Strauss and Company
Lake Central Airlines Lake Central Airlines was established in May 1949, as Turner Airlines to provide short-haul service from its base at .… Read More »Lake Central Airlines
Laughner’s Cafeterias In 1888, Jonathon Wesley Laughner opened a candy store, the Boston Confectionery, at 4 Indiana Avenue. About 1900 the confectionery… Read More »Laughner’s Cafeterias
Leedy Manufacturing Company Ulysses G. Leedy (1867-1931), the trap drummer for the , established a shop in the Building in 1895 with Sam… Read More »Leedy Manufacturing Company
Lilly Industries Lilly Industries was the outgrowth of a varnish company started by Henry B. Mears in 1865. Two years later, J.… Read More »Lilly Industries