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Illinois Car Dealerships (page 2)

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Hendrick's Outlet Furniture
Farmersville, IL
According to the faded sign above Hendrick's Outlet Furniture, this building was previously a Chevrolet dealership. The building has been vacant for many years. [map]

former P&M Motor Company
Galesburg, IL
The P&M Motor Company building was built by 1929. The company originally sold Overland cars. By 1939, the company was selling DeSoto and Plymouth cars. The building has housed multiple businesses for decades. [map]

Louis Lakis Ford Dodge [gone]
Galesburg, IL
The Louis Lakis Ford Dodge dealership was built in 1973 for Steve Lakis Dodge. These "Dodge Domes" were built elsewhere. In 2014, the dealership was sold to Yemm Ford. In 2015, the dome building was demolished. That leaves the only survivor that I know of in Marietta, GA.

former dealership
Greenview, IL
This building appears to be a former dealership. Does anyone know when it was built and what was here originally? [map]

Boyd Music
Jacksonville, IL
Boyd Music had occupied this building since 1953. I assume from the attached building with service bays that this was a car dealership originally. The building now houses BLH Computers. [map]

Terry Bentz Buick
Marseilles, IL
These photos ofTerry Bentz Buick are from 2012. In 2023, the dealership stopped selling Buicks and became a used car dealership. These signs are gone now and the building has been painted white. [map]

Mendota:
Studebaker

Sunrise Chevrolet [gone]
Midlothian, IL
Sunrise Chevrolet's Midlothian dealership appeared to be from the 1960s. The dealership was closed when this photo was taken in 2009. By 2013, the lot was bare.

Garage
Monticello, IL
This Garage was built in 1916. It may have housed a Ford dealership later on. It is now used for a variety of businesses. Winged wheels were a common design element used in garage designs. Another example is the Gutberlet Chevrolet building in McConnelsville, OH. [map]

Ford dealership
Murphysboro, IL		 Ford dealership
Nokomis, IL
This heavily remodeled, former Ford dealership in Murphysboro now houses the Davis-McCann Center. [map]

The Ford dealership in Nokomis housed McDavid Ford by the mid-1950s. I don't know what dealership was here originally. After McDavid, the building housed Heck Ford and Putnam-Wright Ford. It last housed Miles Ford. The building has been vacant since at least 2013. [map]

Oak Park:
Hill Motors [gone]

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