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Blacksburg Motor Company, Inc.

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Built
  
1924 (1924)

NRHP Reference #
  
08000074

Designated VLR
  
December 5, 2007

Area
  
4,000 m²

Architectural style
  
Moderne, Art Deco

VLR #
  
150-0105

Opened
  
1924

Added to NRHP
  
21 February 2008

Blacksburg Motor Company, Inc.

Location
  
400 S. Main St., Blacksburg, Virginia

Similar
  
Virginia Tech, English Field, Lane Stadium

Blacksburg Motor Company, Inc., also known as Doc Roberts Tire Co. and Heavener Chevrolet, is a historic commercial building located at Blacksburg, Montgomery County, Virginia. It was built in 1924 and expanded about 1933, and is a two-story brick and poured concrete building with only a single story visible from the front facade. It features Art Deco and Moderne design details including painted concrete details, rounded corners, and bands of windows with metal frames on the façade and tin ceilings and terrazzo floors on the interior. The building housed the first auto dealership in Blacksburg.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2008.

References

Blacksburg Motor Company, Inc. Wikipedia


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