Pic of old Studebaker dealer

You all may have seen this before but I was in Washington PA a few weeks ago and spotted this.

Dave Stovall

Way cool, Dave.

I was born and raised in Washington, PA and don't remember that. Where was it?

Until September of 1959 I lived on Wylie Avenue, two blocks from Deik McClelland Studebaker-Mercedes.

I understand that back in the teens/twenties there was a local depot for wagons and cars but I'm not aware of the location. I don't remember the plaster logo on any buildings in my memory.

Approx 22 E. Maiden St. South side of street. Here is a link to Google maps.

Cheers, Dave

A lot of times the old facades were covered over when new businesses were established in the same building. They are re-discovered when they are taken down. That terra cotta wheel dates from the early to mid 1920s. Remarkably thee are several buildings around the country that still have them. I keep a roster of those known.

Approx 22 E. Maiden St. South side of street. Here is a link to Google maps.

Cheers, Dave

I have seen two of these stone signs on a building in Lakewood, Ohio. They must have used them when they built Studebaker Dealerships many years ago. There was also one in a barn on an American packers episode recently.

Oh my lord! I was employed in that building when I was in high school! At that time it was Geo. Stewart Dodge-Chrysler-Plymouth-Imperial.

Brad, are you talking about the building in Lakewood, Ohio which is on 117th Street. My youngest son lives at the end of 117th Street in one of the big apartment buildings on Lake Erie.

No, Tim. The one which my first post indicated I did not recognize, even though I was born and raised in Washington, PA ! :eek:

Until I used Dave's link to Google Maps I didn't realize it was the same building where I was employed from 1967 to 1968.

I detailed an awful lot of Stingers, Super Bees, Dusters, New Yorkers and Crown Imperials in that building; also washed the showroom windows and swept the shop floors.

I knew George Stewart in fact his son works at Home Depot. My dad has a Chrysler and Plymouth dealership in Waynesburg, Pa.. Where George was in Washington use to be Bus Terminal because I left for Fort Knox, Ky. from there. George use to come over to Waynesburg and talk to me ever now and then. They are all gone now and it history.

I went to high school with both of his boys; one older than I and one younger. We were all in the band.

Those boys were younger then me. I will be 75 in Feb. The one that works at Home Depot is a very nice person. He is very good to help me when I go there. He call me Brother Stewart.

They were both good guys, as was their dad. Tell him I say "Hello".