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Indiana Car Dealerships

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Auburn Cord Duesenberg Museum
Auburn, IN
The Auburn Cord Duesenberg Museum occupies the former headquarters of the Auburn Automobile Company. The building was constructed in 1930 and served as Auburn's dealership and offices until the company folded in 1937. The building has housed the museum since 1974. For more, see this website. [map]

former Ford dealership
Boswell, IN
I don't know when this former Ford dealership was built. It probably housed Nesbitt Motor Sales which was selling Fords in Boswell by 1946. [map]

Bob Burkle Chevrolet
Clay City, IN
Bob Burkle Chevrolet opened here in 1952. The neon OK sign used to be installed in front of the dealership on a pole. After too many repairs from rock-throwing vandals, Burkle had it restored and put on display inside the dealership. In 2018, the dealership became Clay City Chevrolet. By 2023, the building was housing Hoosier Daddy Auto Care. [map]

Evansville:
former Romain Buick

garage
Garrett, IN
This garage was built in 1924 by Charles Abell for a Ford dealership. By 1949, the building was housing the Smith Motors Studebaker dealership. In 1959, the building began housing the Garrett Bowl. The windows were probably bricked up then. [map]

former Len Pollak Buick [gone]
Gary, IN
The Len Pollak Buick dealership was built in 1969. It became the Kerr-Nielsen Buick-Jeep-Eagle dealership in the mid-1980s. It was vacant in 2009 when this photo was taken. It was demolished in 2022. For more, see this website.

former garage
Kentland, IN
This former garage was built in 1919. It has housed a NAPA Auto Parts store since at least 2008. [map]

former dealership
Knightstown, IN
This former dealership housed a Dodge dealership in the 1980s. I don't know when it was built or what its original occupant was but the building was being used as a service garage in the 1940s. Since at least 2009, the building has housed the "Class of 1957," a private collection of classic cars built in 1957. [map]

Mishawaka:
Studebaker

Gutwein Motors
Monon, IN
The Gutwein Motors building was built in 1919 for Hartman-Breese Ford. By 1929, the building was used for dancing and boxing. In 1934, Gutwein Motors moved in. [map]

former dealership [gone]
Muncie, IN
This former dealership housed Paul Abel Motors. The company was there by the mid-1950s. The building appears to be from the late 1940s. Abel Motors sold Buick and Studebaker automobiles. The building was used by the Main Street Flea Market when these photos were taken in 2010. The building was still there in 2018 but gone by 2019.

former dealership?
Shelbyville, IN
This building might be a former dealership. The layout suggests it was at least a garage and possibly a gas station. Does anyone know the history of this place? The building housed Harrison Street Power Equipment when these photos were taken in 2010. By 2014, the building was housing Exclamations, an auto upholstery and window tinting business. [map]

South Bend:
Studebaker

former dealership
Vincennes, IN
This former dealership building was built in 1913. It has housed Wabash Parts since at least 1964. Does anyone know what dealership was here originally? [map]

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