C. Brewer Building

is simply the oldest American business 
west of the Mississippi. It's founding father, captain James Hunnewell 
was the first officer of the brig Thadeus, that brought 
the first missionaries to Hawai'i. He bought the premises in 1826 
for the whopping sum of $ 250. Captain James Brewer became a partner 
in 1836 and eventually took over in 1843.

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