Standerford Motor Company - 219-321 East Main Street

Business enterprises; Lodging houses; Automobiles

In 1886 a two-story boarding house was located at the 321 address. It was run by James W. Horton and it was also his residence. A little later it was called the Cottage Hotel. In the 1930s the site was cleared and until about 1942 it served as a garage and a storage building. Standerford Motor Company took over the premises in about 1942 and remained there until about 1966 when McCubbin Ford moved in. By the late 1970s the building was empty. In 1980 Ivy Tech took over the building for its auto body shop training center and stayed until about 1995. The building now houses offices.

Harry Lemen, photographer

City Directories; Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps; Ron Grimes, researcher

Picture taken circa 1950

Madison-Jefferson County Public Library

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Photograph taken with Eastman-Kodak Brownie Camera No. 2C model A, using No. 130 film. Resulting negative (2.875in x 4.875in) scanned at 1200 DPI using a Microtek ScanMaker 9800XL. Online jpeg image file saved at 72 DPI 800 to 1000 pixels on long edge.

Still image

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