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Pizza Hut Number One
First Opened at Bluff and Kellogg Streets
— June 15, 1958 —
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By William Fischer, Jr., September 4, 2011 | |
| | | 1. Pizza Hut Number One Marker | | |
Inscription.
Two former WSU students, Dan and Frank Carney, borrowed $600 to open this first Pizza Hut. Their corporation grew to become the world's largest pizza chain and was sold to PepsiCo in 1977 for $300,000,000.
The building was moved to this site to serve as a symbol and reminder to our students how young individuals through hard work and initiative can still rise from modest beginnings to positions of leadership and success. To future young entrepreneurs this building is dedicated.
Assisting the Carney brothers in preserving and restoring this structure during 1984 were:
[Individuals and Organizations not transcribed]
This plaque was donated by Professor Fran Jabara, Founder and Director of the Center for Entrepreneurship, to honor my former students
Erected by Fran Jabara.
Location. 37° 43.009′ N, 97° 17.48′ W. Marker is in Wichita, Kansas, in Sedgwick County. Marker is on Perimeter Road 0.1 miles east of Harvard Avenue, on the right when traveling east. Click for map. Marker and building are on the Wichita State University campus. Marker is in this post office area: Wichita KS 67260, United States of America.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker. Fiske Hall Centennial Celebration (approx. ¼ mile away); Fiske Hall (approx. ¼ mile away); Morrison Library (approx. ¼ mile away); Bicentennial of the Birth of George Washington (approx. 0.3 miles away); Standing Proudly on the Hill (approx. 0.3 miles away); Edwin A. Ulrich (approx. 0.3 miles away); McKnight Art Center (approx. 0.3 miles away); Gene Stephenson's Wichita State University All Americans (approx. 0.3 miles away). Click for a list of all markers in Wichita.| | | | 
By William Fischer, Jr., September 4, 2011 | |
| | | 2. Pizza Hut Number One and Marker | | |
Also see . . .
1. Original Pizza Hut, at Wichita State University. (Submitted on June 11, 2012, by William Fischer, Jr. of Fort Scott, Kansas.)
2. WSU Library Special Collections, Early Pizza Hut Papers of Dan Carney. (Submitted on June 11, 2012, by William Fischer, Jr. of Fort Scott, Kansas.)
3. WSU Center for Entrepreneurship History. (Submitted on June 11, 2012, by William Fischer, Jr. of Fort Scott, Kansas.)
4. Pizza Hut Homepage. (Submitted on June 11, 2012, by William Fischer, Jr. of Fort Scott, Kansas.)
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By William Fischer, Jr., September 4, 2011 | |
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Credits. This page originally submitted on June 11, 2012, by William Fischer, Jr. of Fort Scott, Kansas. This page has been viewed 156 times since then. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on June 11, 2012, by William Fischer, Jr. of Fort Scott, Kansas.
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