{"nrhp_refnum":"09000661","name":"Carolina Coach Garage and Shop","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"510 E. Davie St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Raleigh","county":"Wake County","state":"NC","lat":35.77713561000007,"lon":-78.63179174699997,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2009-08-27","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Transportation"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A 1926 brick bus garage and repair shop at 510 East Davie Street in downtown Raleigh, Wake County, North Carolina, built for the Carolina Coach Company. The building is a single open rectangular space of roughly 12,500 square feet with a stepped parapet and a truss-supported roof.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the building is significant for its local association with intercity bus transportation, the Carolina Coach Company's operations in Raleigh from 1926 to 1939. It is described as one of two surviving Raleigh buildings tied to intercity busing and one of few surviving early automotive garages in the city with an open floor plan. Its unobstructed interior, supported by a clear-span truss system, is presented as its main character-defining feature.","narrative":"Built in 1926 at 510 East Davie Street in Raleigh, this brick garage and repair shop served the Carolina Coach Company, which had been incorporated in the city in 1925. The building cost $100,000 and housed buses, repair work and company headquarters until the company moved to a larger complex on South Blount Street in 1939. Its roughly 12,500-square-foot interior is open and unbroken by interior walls, spanned by steel I-beam posts and prefabricated roof trusses that rise about thirty feet at the apex. The stepped parapet, terra cotta coping and skylights mark its exterior. The building is linked to the growth of intercity bus service in North Carolina, especially the Trailways network Carolina Coach joined. Its open plan is regarded as an uncommon survivor among early Raleigh automotive buildings, and it retains a high degree of integrity of form, plan and materials.","period_of_significance":"c. 1926-1939","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"No style","criteria":["A"],"status_note":"Deteriorated in places; the roof is described as rotten and failing at the northwest corner. The building was vacant between 1939 and 1944 and later used for other purposes.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.1-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 17:11:40.978539-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/93/7226/47722693/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NC/09000661.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/09000661/1226cfc074-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/09000661/1226cfc074-1600.webp","licence":"CC0","author":"Mx. Granger","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Carolina_Coach_Garage_and_Shop.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Mx. Granger</a>, <a href=\"http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/deed.en\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Carolina_Coach_Garage_and_Shop.jpg"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"90001527","name":"East Raleigh-South Park Historic District","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/north-carolina/east-raleigh-south-park-historic-district-90001527/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/47722693","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carolina_Coach_Garage_and_Shop","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q20708415"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/north-carolina/wake-county/carolina-coach-garage-and-shop-09000661/"}