Southern Motors, Cadillac, 341 Union Ave., Memphis, TN.
Uebelhor-Struckman (now Uebelhor and Sons Motor Co.), Chevrolet-Oldsmobile-Cadillac, Jasper, IN.
Davis Cadillac Co. Inc., Cadillac-Oldsmobile, 669 Main, Lewiston, ME.
Southern Motors, Cadillac (used cars section), 341 Union Ave., Memphis, TN.
Modern Motors Co., Cadillac, 1125 S. Brand Blvd., Glendale, CA.
Quantrell Cadillac, 1490 New Circle Rd., Lexington, KY.
Harry’s Cadillac-Pontiac Co., Inc., 75 Coxe Ave., Asheville, NC.
Diehl Chevrolet-Cadillac, 400 Derr Dr. (Route 15), Lewisburg, PA.
Metropolitan Cadillac, 10221 W. Arthur Ave., West Allis, WI.
All great images – thanks for this! I like how the architectural style of most of these buildings seems to be it the upscale aura of a vintage Cadillac. The Diehl dealership, however, looks like a Wendy’s or something with that wood shake mansard roof. I still like it, though.
I miss these old timey dealers, modern dealers don’t seem as inviting to me .
-Nate
I agree. Modern dealers are WAY to antisepticly clean for me.
I’d never have guessed Harry’s was even a new-car dealership, although their used car lot looks very much like what it is.
Harry’s got me curious too. The name alone sounded unusual for a Cadillac dealer. Turns out “Harry” was an interesting person – one of those 1930s entrepreneurs who started from nothing and built a business empire. He was Harry Blomberg – quit school in 9th grade to work on cars, and opened a gas station / garage in 1924 (called “Harry’s Motor Inn”). His place serviced cars, washed them, and he even built a two-story garage for storing customers’ cars.
In 1937, he acquired a Cadillac franchise, and kept the Harry’s name because it was well-known and well-regarded locally. He ran the business until the late 1980s when he retired, and his son-in-law took over.
Per Mr. Google Southern Motors Cadillac later became Madison Cadillac. Elvis Presley bout lots of Cadillacs from both.
The address of the Glendale Cadillac dealer comes up as Star Ford. Brand Boulevard has a lot of car dealerships.
The Met in Milwaukee (West Allis).
When I was a teen, I used to go up to Milwaukee (from Kenosha) to see the newest Cadillacs!!
There were other dealers in the vicinity, too.
The dealership in Lexington was (is?) dramatic and gorgeous.
Those were still the days when a dealer could hire a local architect and build something exciting.
GM especially had generic plans dealers could either use or not. I still see some of those buildings and even some of those from the 1960’s are more interesting than what gets built today
We’ve seen the night shot of “Quantrell”, in “Lexington KY”, before. I like it. Was a simple yet eyecatching image.