322 Second Street, once the location of Henderson Feed & Commission Company, then Henderson Glass, and now Abba Promotions.
Henderson Feed & Commission Company was originally opened by Herman and A. T. Kockritz, then operated by J. E. Hosbach, and lastly by James E. Stapp. It started at Second and Green, approximately where the parking lot for Walgreens is, before moving to 322 Second Street.
Henderson Morning Gleaner • Sat, Sep 22, 1906
Henderson is going to have another first-class commission house. Herman Kockritz, Jr., the son of H. Kockritz, the Second street harnes dealer, and brother. A. T. Kockritz, the councilman, will be the managers of what will be known as the Henderson Feed and Sommission Company. Mr. Kockritz has had considerable experience in this line of business and assures his patrons and friends that he will handle nothing but first-class goods in the way of corn, oats, hay, bran, straw. chops and everything that goes to
make up a first-class commission house.
Mr. Kockritz is one of Henderson’s most popular young men and has been employed at A. Waller & Co’s granary in various branches of the grain business for the last nine years. This shows that he is capable of managing the business that he is about to enter.
Mr. Kockritz states that he will open about the first of October in the old Conrad Reuter building on the corner of Second and Green streets. The many friends of Mr. Kockritz wish him all the success that is due to such an enterprising and worthy young man.
The Gleaner • 23 March 1913
The Henderson Feed and Commission Company, of which J. E. Hosbach is proprietor, is probably the largest of its kind in this section of the state, and does an extensive business all through this section of the country. The company are wholesale and retail dealers in grain, hay, straw, bran and chops and sell both locally and ship. They purchase in large quantities, mainly in car load lots, and at the very lowest prices, which enables them to give their numerous customers prices generally below that of competitors, and goods are delivered to all parts of the city. The company are also the depository for and distributors of A. Waller & Company’s celebrated “Momaja” flour. The business was established some years ago, and purchased by the present company four years ago, and it has shown a large increase in the volume of trade each year it has been under the present management. The Henderson Feed & Commission Company occupies a large and modern brick wareheuse at 322 & 324 Second street, in which is also the office, and it is fully prepared to handle the large business it today enjoys. J. E. Hobach is well known hereabouts as a businessman of ability who thoroughly understands the business he is conducting, and his methods are such that he has the entire confidence of the public. He is a believer in Henderson and like all the others whose names appear in this edition, is a booster for his home city, and ever ready and willing to do all he can to forward any legitimate movement that is for the city’s welfare.
Evansville Courier and Press • Thu, Jul 18, 1968
The city’s oldest citizen, James E. Stapp, 101, died at 9:30 a.m. Wednesday at Baptist Hospital, Evansville.
He and his wife, Mary, celebrated their 75th wedding anniversary last year. He was the oldest member of Henderson First Baptist Church. He was the former owner and operator of Stapp Flour Mills and Henderson Feed and Commission Company. Surviving are his wife; two sons, James of Henderson, and Terrel of Lacanada, Calif.; three grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren. Services will be at 2 p.m. Friday at Tapp Funeral Home, with burial in Fernwood Mausoleum.
