Peter Kern

Who was Peter Kern?

Peter Kern was a German-born American businessman and politician active in Knoxville, Tennessee, USA, in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. He is best known as the founder of the confections company that eventually evolved into Kern's Bakery, a brand still marketed in the Knoxville area. The company's former confectionery and ice cream parlor, now called the Mall Building, still dominates the southwest corner of Market Square. Kern served as Knoxville's mayor from 1890 until 1892.