Blacksburg Motor Company, Inc.

400 S. Main St., Blacksburg, Virginia. County/parish: Montgomery.

Added to the National Register of Historic Places February 21, 2008. NRIS 08000074.

1 contributing building.

Also known as:

  • Dco Roberts Tire Co
  • Heavener Chevrolet
  • Site # 150-0105

From Wikipedia:

Blacksburg Motor Company, Inc.

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.

The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2008, and now houses the Town of Blackburg's departments of Planning and Building, and Engineering and GIS.

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National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/41682001

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