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On April 26, 2008 the Horseless Carriage Club and the Hilliker Corporation dedicated seven additional Historic Automotive Buildings along Locust Street as part of what is know as Automobile Row. This is the third phase of this joint project bringing the total buildings dedicated to 20.

This years Plaque Dedication was well attended and featured 72 Antique Automobiles from the 1950's and earlier. The unveiling ceremony included a float pulled by a 1949 Nash Tow Truck. On the float was a band, the Horseless Carriage Club President Gerald Perschbacher and local celeb Johnny Rabbit who read information about each building.

The buildings dedicated are:

1815 Locust     Weber Building

1900 Locust     Hupmobile Building

2201 Locust     Packard Building

2217 Locust     Studebaker Building

2223 Locust     Peerless Building

2300 Locust     Willys Building

2321 Locust     Mendenhall Building

To read about each building see the link below.

Also below is information about the previous Building Dedication's

click here to read about the 2008 Building Information

Johnny Rabbit, Gerald Perschbacher, Ben Hilliker

1913 Peerless at 2223 Locust - Peerless Building

1923 Moon

1933 Auburn Boattail Speedster

2201 Locust - Packard Building

2217 Locust - Studebaker Building

Photos by Gerald Perschbacher

HISTORIC AUTOMOTIVE BUILDING DEDICATION

On October 15, 2005 the Horseless Carriage Club and Ben Hilliker (Hilliker Corporation) dedicated six Historical Automobile Buildings along Locust as part of what has become know as Automobile Row. This was the second such dedication that the Hilliker Corporation and the Horseless Carriage Club have conducted. The first was held October 25, 2003 and dedicated nine Automotive related buildings along Loucust. Each building has a plaque mounted on the front with historical information about its early Automotive history.

For information about the 2005 dedication please see the article in the Nov-Dec 2005 Brass Lamp or visit the Huff Report web site: http://www.huffreport.com/2005/automobilerowHCCM.htm

The Location & Buildings include:

2920 Locust Cadillac Building

2926 Locust Cole-Standard Building

3000 Locust Nash Building

3015 Locust Franklin Building

3016 Locust Maxwell Building

3021 Locust Velie Building

3030 Locust Stearns-Knight Building

3033 Locust Locomobile Building

3039 Locust Stutz Building

3101 Locust Dodge-Reo Building

3115 Locust Moon Building

3201 Locust Durant-Star Building

3222 Locust Cadillac-Chrysler Building

Ford Building

Marmon Building

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