Dodge Dealership c1914

[f.f.jones]

1970s - These brick buildings, built sometime between 1914 and 1920, were associated with the Riegel brothers’ auto dealership at the corner of West First Avenue and South Adams Street on the west end of downtown Spokane, WA, an area first dubbed “auto row” because of several dealerships that began and operated there. The Riegel brothers, Dee and Guy, started in auto sales around 1914 and ran one of the oldest Dodge and Plymouth dealerships in the country until Dee Riegel died in 1969 at the age of 82.

Present day: These two buildings at the corner of South Adams Street and West First Street were part of Riegel Brothers Dodge-Plymouth from around 1914 through the late 1960s. After the automotive businesses moved out, various businesses have used the property, including Password Incorporated and Spokane Ballet Studio.

 

 

[Walt G]

Great to see the one story building to the left remains as well! Wonderful- preservation and reuse rather then tear down, destruction and replacement with glass, aluminum and plastic .

[30DodgePanel]

I'd give a left tennis ball to own one of those beautiful early dealerships. 

 

Thanks for posting it.

As Walt said, very glad to see some of them still standing.