NP Dodge Company
American real estate company
The NP Dodge Company is based in Omaha, Nebraska. Established in 1855 as a small land office in Council Bluffs, Iowa. NP Dodge Company is the oldest real estate firm in the United States.
About
Subsidiaries of the NP Dodge company include NP Dodge Residential Sales and Land Development. Other areas of the company include NEI Global Relocation, Property Management, NAI NP Dodge, NP Dodge Condo Sales, NP Dodge Title Services, and NP Dodge Builder Services, which hosted the Metro Omaha Builders Association 2007 Street of Dreams. The company sponsors a charitable program called Dodge Cares, and is a partner in the Rebuilding Together Omaha effort.
Company and family history
Brothers Nathan Phillips and Grenville Mellen Dodge started the Dodge Company in 1855. While working as a land surveyor for the railroads in the Missouri River Valley, Grenville wrote to his younger brother Nathan Phillips (1837–1911) and told him to "forget high school" and come join him. N.P. worked his way out on a surveying crew in 1853 and together the brothers started a small land sales office based in Council Bluffs, Iowa, representing eastern investors. They also started a small bank.
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