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Illinois Car Dealerships (page 1)

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former Corn Belt Motor Company and Thornton-Anderson
Bloomington, IL
This dealership was built in 1946 and housed the Corn Belt Motor Company which sold Buick on the Grove St. side of the building and Thornton-Anderson which sold Lincoln-Mercury on the Gridley St. side. By 1956, the building was housing Imperial Motors and sold Chryslers. It had closed by 1969 and the building housed at least a couple of body shops. Clay Dooley Tire and Auto Service occupied the building from 1987-2018. The building has been vacant since then. For more, see these websites: 1 and 2. [map]

former Bruckert-Daley dealership
Carlinville, IL
This Bruckert-Daley Chevrolet Buick dealership may have been established in 1928. This building appears to be from the 1950s. It now houses Victory Lane Chrysler Dodge Jeep Ram. [map]

former Ford dealership
Carmi, IL
This Ford dealership looks like it was built around the 1910s like the Ford dealership in Columbus, OH. However, this building now has a drab and reworked ground-level. The upper-level trademark refers to Henry Ford's Model T which was known as the Universal Car. [map]

former Anguish & Wolfenbarger Ford dealership
Dallas City, IL
The Anguish & Wolfenbarger Ford dealership was established in the early 1920s. The building has been vacant for decades. [map]

former Ford dealership
Du Quoin, IL

2010:
2024:
This building housed a Ford dealership in the 1950s. Does anyone know what make of car was sold here originally? It was still a Ford dealership in the 1970s. The building was heavily remodeled in 2013. [map]

former Vogel Chevrolet-Buick-Opel
Du Quoin, IL
Vogel Chevrolet-Buick-Opel has opened here by 1971. This building might be from the 1960s. The building now houses Du Quoin Auto Service. [map]

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.

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