Sawyer Motor Company Building

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Sawyer Motor Company Building
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Location100 Coxe Ave., Asheville, North Carolina
Coordinates 35°35′26″N82°33′17″W / 35.59056°N 82.55472°W / 35.59056; -82.55472
Arealess than one acre
Built1925 (1925)
MPS Asheville Historic and Architectural MRA
NRHP reference No. 79001682 [1]
Added to NRHPApril 26, 1979

Sawyer Motor Company Building is a historic automobile showroom and service facility located at Asheville, Buncombe County, North Carolina. It was built in 1925, and is a four-story, steel frame and reinforced concrete building sheathed in brick. The building is trimmed with cast concrete. [2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. unknown (n.d.). "Sawyer Motor Company Building" (PDF). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2014-08-01.