Clark and Sorrell Garage

Clark and Sorrell Garage
Location323 Foster St.
Durham, North Carolina
Coordinates36°0′3″N 78°54′47″W / 36.00083°N 78.91306°W / 36.00083; -78.91306
Area0.6 acres (0.24 ha)
Built1932 (1932), c. 1941
Built byCole, Jesse
Architectural styleEarly Commercial
NRHP reference No.00000991[1]
Added to NRHPAugust 16, 2000

Clark and Sorrell Garage is a historic automobile repair shop located at Durham, Durham County, North Carolina. It was built in 1932, and is a one-story brick building, three bays wide and four bays deep, with a flat tar and gravel roof. It was expanded about 1941 with a seven bay, brick-faced addition. The addition features an Art Moderne style entrance with a stuccoed surround. Attached to the garage is a two-story office building. It is the oldest auto repair garage still in operation in the city.[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2000.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ M. Ruth Little (December 1999). "Clark and Sorrell Garage" (PDF). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved October 1, 2014.