Stuart Motor Company

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Stuart Motor Company
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Location109-111 E. Mountain St., Kernersville, North Carolina
Coordinates 36°7′11″N80°4′22″W / 36.11972°N 80.07278°W / 36.11972; -80.07278 Coordinates: 36°7′11″N80°4′22″W / 36.11972°N 80.07278°W / 36.11972; -80.07278
Arealess than one acre
Built1926 (1926)
Architectural styleCommercial Style
MPS Kernersville MPS
NRHP reference No. 88000139 [1]
Added to NRHPFebruary 25, 1988

Stuart Motor Company is a historic automobile showroom building located at Kernersville, Forsyth County, North Carolina. It was built in 1926, and is a utilitarian brick building with a two-story front section and a tall one-story rear section. The building previously featured "STUART MOTOR COMPANY" in Art Deco lettering. [2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1988. [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. Virginia Oswald (October 1987). "Stuart Motor Company" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2014-11-01.