McKissack & McKissack
American design and construction firm (1905–present) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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McKissack & McKissack is an American design, program management and construction firm based in New York. It is the oldest Black-owned architecture and construction company in the United States.[7]
Industry | Architecture Engineering Construction |
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Founded | 1905; 119 years ago (1905), as solo firm 1922, as McKissack & McKissack partnership |
Founder | Moses McKissack III Calvin Lunsford McKissack |
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Area served | New York,[1] Pennsylvania,[2] New Jersey,[3] Connecticut,[4] Georgia,[5] and Louisiana[6] |
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Website | https://www.mckissack.com |
The firm was founded in 1905 in Nashville, Tennessee by Moses McKissack, the grandson of an enslaved person brought to the United States from West Africa and put to work making bricks. Moses III became an accomplished carpenter and eventually teamed with his brother Calvin McKissack to found the company.[8][5][9]
Over its 118-year history, the company has completed over 6,000 public- and privately-funded planning, design, and construction projects.[10][11]