Sim Hudson Motor Company Building

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Location 1332 Senter Ave.,
Burlington, Colorado
Coordinates 39°18′17″N102°16′0″W / 39.30472°N 102.26667°W / 39.30472; -102.26667 Coordinates: 39°18′17″N102°16′0″W / 39.30472°N 102.26667°W / 39.30472; -102.26667
Area less than one acre
Built 1932 (1932)
Architectural style Art Deco
NRHP reference # 07001149 [1]
Added to NRHP November 7, 2007

The Sim Hudson Motor Company Building (also known as Golden Belt Garage or Vince's GM Center) is a historic commercial building located at 1332 Senter Avenue in Burlington, Colorado. [2]

Burlington, Colorado Home Rule Municipality in Colorado, United States

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Description and history

The one-story Sim Hudson Motor Company Building was originally built in 1920 in Burlington, Colorado to be the home of the Golden Belt Garage. [3] A Sanborn map from 1913 indicates that buildings were previously on the site which must have been demolished for the construction of what initially was the Golden Belt Garage. The building was remodeled in 1932 when it was done in the popular Art Deco design of that period. [2] As described in its NRHP designation, “The western half of the building has a flat roof and the eastern has a barrel roof, both covered with asphalt. An A-frame skylight pierces the flat roof near the north wall.”

Art Deco influential visual arts design style which first appeared in France during the 1920s

Art Deco, sometimes referred to as Deco, is a style of visual arts, architecture and design that first appeared in France just before World War I. Art Deco influenced the design of buildings, furniture, jewelry, fashion, cars, movie theatres, trains, ocean liners, and everyday objects such as radios and vacuum cleaners. It took its name, short for Arts Décoratifs, from the Exposition internationale des arts décoratifs et industriels modernes held in Paris in 1925. It combined modernist styles with fine craftsmanship and rich materials. During its heyday, Art Deco represented luxury, glamour, exuberance, and faith in social and technological progress.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on November 7, 2007.

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