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King Motor Company

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.

Ramp!

ramp

This is the back of the old Coca-Cola bottling plant on West Sullivan.  This ramp was used by the former King Motors to store Studebaker cars on the second floor

The windows in front of the building allowed you to watch the Coca-ola bottling process as the bottles whizzed by.  Hot stuff in the ’50s.