The Building Is a Landmark
On July 15, the HDRC voted unanimously to approve Historic Landmark designation for 601 Delaware — the strongest possible outcome an applicant can receive.
menger family
The Other Side of the Deal: What Continental’s Corporate History Taught Us About H&H
A used copy of Jim Bowman’s 1986 corporate history of CFS Continental gave us the acquirer’s perspective on the 1962 purchase of Hoffmann-Hayman — and a name...
Research Update: June 19 – July 14, 2026
A current-production Master Chef can entered the collection as the physical terminus of the trademark chain, the June 19 Draves session rewrote a branch of t...
Research Update: Week of June 6, 2026
A second sitting with the Draves family, and the deer-mount patent we’d only heard about finally has a number: Edward W. Menger’s US 2,003,896, ‘Horn Mount’ ...
Research Update: Week of June 1, 2026
Tim Draves sent corrections that resolved a generation: the H&H Mengers are grandchildren — not great-grandchildren — of Menger Hotel founder William A. ...
Research Update: Week of June 4, 2026
The Menger family genealogy resolved across three generations, William A. Menger’s full biography documented, cause-of-death confirmations for two Hoffmanns,...
The Menger Family Genealogy Page
A photocopy of the Menger family tree — the document that names Minnie Menger, who married the company founder, and her brothers Gus and R.W. who ran Hoffman...
