{"nrhp_refnum":"08000074","name":"Blacksburg Motor Company, Inc.","other_names":["Dco Roberts Tire Co","Heavener Chevrolet","Site # 150-0105"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"400 S. Main St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Blacksburg","county":"Montgomery County","state":"VA","lat":37.22876862900006,"lon":-80.41134843699996,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2008-02-21","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Transportation","Architecture","Commerce"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story brick and poured concrete former car dealership and service station at 400 South Main Street in Blacksburg, Virginia, built in 1924 with a matching addition about nine to ten years later.","why_significant":"The building is argued to be significant under Criterion A for its role in the history of the automobile and transportation in Blacksburg, as the town's first purpose-built auto dealership. Under Criterion C it is one of the last surviving Art Moderne/Art Deco buildings in town. It is also tied to the Heavener family, who ran the dealership until 1976.","narrative":"Built in 1924 by brothers Robert and Mason Heavener, this brick and concrete building at 400 South Main Street in Blacksburg served as a filling station, Chevrolet dealership, repair garage and later a tire shop. Its showroom front combines Art Moderne and Art Deco details, including rounded corners, bands of metal-framed windows, brick soldier courses and small chevron moldings, while the rear is plain industrial construction. A matching addition followed roughly nine to ten years later. Inside are terrazzo floors, pressed tin ceilings and arched mahogany woodwork. The site sat beside the railroad station, where cars arrived by train. It is described as the town's only surviving building designed and built as a car dealership from that era. The Heaveners sold a record 129 cars in 1950, and the family operated the business until 1976. The building is valued for its role in local automobile history and for its distinctive design.","period_of_significance":"1924-1950","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Art Moderne / Art Deco","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Current function is listed as work in progress, vacant. Most original interior and exterior features survive, though the original showroom windows and garage door were replaced in the 1970s.","vacant_flag":true,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:52:03.343993-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/1/6820/41682001/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_VA/08000074.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/08000074/182bef7e21-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/08000074/182bef7e21-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Kenneth Novy","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Blacksburg_Motor_Compant.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Kenneth Novy</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Blacksburg_Motor_Compant.jpg"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"90002165","name":"Blacksburg Historic District","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/virginia/blacksburg-historic-district-90002165/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/41682001","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blacksburg_Motor_Company,_Inc.","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q14712035"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/virginia/montgomery-county/blacksburg-motor-company-inc-08000074/"}