{"nrhp_refnum":"79001666","name":"B & B Motor Company Building","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"84-94 Coxe Ave.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Asheville","county":"Buncombe County","state":"NC","lat":35.591300380000064,"lon":-82.55465877299997,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1979-04-26","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Commerce","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story reinforced concrete and structural clay tile building faced with brick and trimmed with limestone, at the northeast corner of Coxe Avenue and Hilliard Street in Asheville, North Carolina. It was built as an automobile showroom and service facility for a Chevrolet dealer.","why_significant":"The building is described as the earliest of the auto showroom and service facilities on Coxe Avenue and one of the first structures built on the avenue after it opened. Its corner location, street-level display windows and ornamented facade are presented as typical of modern dealership design, with display and servicing on the first floor.","narrative":"Two stories of reinforced concrete and clay tile, faced in stretcher bond brick and trimmed with tan limestone, make up the B and B Motor Company Building on the northeast corner of Coxe Avenue and Hilliard Street in Asheville. Completed in 1925 for a Chevrolet dealer, it stands on the corner with display windows on the first floor, triple six-over-six sash windows on the second, and a high parapet with limestone coping and knobby finials. A north section along Coxe Avenue repeats these features with bracketed eaves and recessed panels, while the Hilliard Street section is plainer, with two garage door entrances and metal factory sash. The building is regarded as the earliest of the auto showrooms and service facilities on Coxe Avenue and one of the first structures erected after the avenue opened. Its two-story height is unusual among later dealerships on the street, and its layout, with showroom and service work on the ground floor, follows the pattern of modern car dealerships.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":null,"criteria":[],"status_note":null,"vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.1-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 17:11:41.680525-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/24/7173/47717324/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NC/79001666.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/79001666/52f1316901-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/79001666/52f1316901-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Nicole Justiniano","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:B%26B_Motor_Company_Building.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Nicole Justiniano</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:B%26B_Motor_Company_Building.JPG"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"79001676","name":"Downtown Asheville Historic District","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/north-carolina/downtown-asheville-historic-district-79001676/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/47717324","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/B_%26_B_Motor_Company_Building","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q17985703"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/north-carolina/buncombe-county/b-and-b-motor-company-building-79001666/"}