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Illinois Car Dealerships (page 2)

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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]

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.

Greenview:
dealership

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
Terry Bentz Buick is apparently a used car dealer and service garage now but this Buick sign remains. 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 never used as a dealership but I'll include it anyway. It was built as a garage by 1914. It is now used for a variety of businesses. Does anyone know more about this building? 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]

Diamond Vogel Paints
Peoria, IL
This Diamond Vogel paint store building appears to be a former dealership. [map]

More Peoria:
Dodge dealership

Leach-Wilson Chevrolet-Buick
Shelbyville, IL

2010:
2024:
The Leach-Wilson Chevrolet-Buick dealership was built around 1935. Behind the dealership, there is a used car lot with three of these Chevrolet "OK" signs. Between 2013 and 2015, most of the building had been covered with Chevrolet's modern silver and blue panels. The brick facade has been painted silver. The OK signs are still there. [map]

unidentified building
Staunton, IL
This unidentified building looks like it was probably a combination dealership and garage. Does anyone know anything about it? [map]

Imm & Son Chevrolet Oldsmobile
Toluca, IL
The Imm & Son Chevrolet Oldsmobile dealership was vacant when this photo was taken in 2012. Imm & Son was established in 1915 as a Ford dealership. By 1929, the company was selling Chevrolets. [map]

Varna Auto Service
Varna, IL
The Varna Auto Service garage apparently sold Chevrolet and Buick automobiles at one time. The building appeared to be long vacant when these photos were taken in 2012. The signs were removed around 2022. [map]

Winnetka:
Packard dealership

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