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Leon Toubin. Leon Toubin, known locally as "The Last Jew of Brenham", a Jewish Texan civic leader, philanthropist, and historian, is the caretaker of B'nai Abraham Synagogue (Brenham, Texas), [1] which he began attending in the late 1930s as part of the daily minyan. [2]
ALCO stores (somewhat smaller than a non-supercenter Walmart) provided the full selection of merchandise offered by the company, while the Duckwall stores provided a limited selection. In 1985, after three acquisitions, the company went through a management-led leveraged buy-out. The company had 127 ALCO stores, and 33 Duckwalls in 14 states at ...
The Brenham Downtown Historic District was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2004. Buildings in the district were designed by Alfred C. Finn, James Wetmore, and others in Classical Revival and other styles. [ 1] Included in the district is the Simon Theatre . The 1939 Washington County Courthouse is also a contributing ...
FIPS code. 48-10156 [6] GNIS feature ID. 2409901 [5] Website. www.cityofbrenham.org. Brenham (/ ˈbrɛnəm / BREH-nəm) is a city in east-central Texas, United States, and the county seat of Washington County, [7] with a population of 17,369 according to the 2020 U.S. census.
American Stores Company was an American public corporation and a holding company which ran chains of supermarkets and drugstores in the United States from 1917 through 1998. The company was incorporated in 1917 when The Acme Tea Company merged with four small Philadelphia-area grocery stores (Childs, George Dunlap, Bell Company, and A House That Quality Built) to form American Stores.
Over US$500 million (2018) [2] Estimated US$680 million (2014) [3] Number of employees. Over 1,000 (2018) [4] Website. bluebell.com. Blue Bell Creameries is an American food company that manufactures ice cream. It was founded in 1907 in Brenham, Texas.
Brenham Heritage Museum. / 30.1676; -96.3961. The Brenham Heritage Museum is a local history museum in downtown Brenham, Texas located in the former US Post Office-Federal Building-Brenham listed on the National Register of Historic Places building. [2] The museum is operated by the Brenham Heritage Museum Board of Directors, and staff members.
In 1969, the State of Texas created the Star of the Republic Museum through House Bill No. 634, of the Sixty-first Texas Legislature.The museum officially opened on Texas Independence Day, March 2, 1970 and was transferred from the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department to Blinn College, located in Brenham, Texas.