In the mid 1920s, this building at 651 West Sullivan Street was the home of King Motor Company, a Studebaker dealership. The owner, E. Ward King, went on to found Mason Dixon Trucking.
In 1929, you could purchase a Studebaker Commander Straight Eight for $1,495. Cars were stored on the second floor, accessed by the ramp out back.
When I was young, this building was a Coca-Cola bottling company. By looking through the front window, you could watch the bottling operation.
Bob Lawrence's Kingsport 
In 1981 I was hired by IRPCO Sales & Service, a division of Industrial Rubber Products Company of Charleston West Virginia, who had purchased the building to use as offices and a distribution warehouse for industrial hose, fittings, lined pipe, conveyor belting, and various industrial products…I worked there until 1984 when I was hired by a competitor to IRPCO…back when I was a kid, I remember watching the bottling of CocaCola and other soda products through the huge picture window facing West Sullivan Street…as a kid it was amazing to see such a process…after Industrial Rubber Products Company and IRPCO went out of business, the former manager of IRPCO bought the building and operated his own business out of there…he still owns the building today…🙂
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You’re very welcome Bob…thanks for your Kingsport memories…they are much appreciated…🙂