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Merca Barbed Wire and Roses (Hampton and Corridor Garage Building)

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1929, Korn and Morgan. 113–119 E. Concho Ave.

An entire block front of show windows framed in brick arches over stone columns forms a suitable model for an auto dealership. A central entrance portal with a stone arch, a tall Alamo-scroll gable, finials along the parapet, and carved stone details contribute to the building’s impressive Spanish Renaissance character, the work of local stonemason Dwight Holmes. Korn and Morgan designed the building to accommodate four side-by-side dealerships and their back-of-the-house service bays.

Writing Credits

Author: 
Gerald Moorhead et al.
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What's Nearby

Commercial Buildings on East Concho Avenue
Sealy Flats
O. C. Fisher Federal Building and Courthouse
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Old San Angelo National Bank

Citation

Gerald Moorhead et al., "Merca Barbed Wire and Roses (Hampton and Corridor Garage Building)", [San Angelo, Texas], SAH Archipedia, eds. Gabrielle Esperdy and Karen Kingsley, Charlottesville: UVaP, 2012—, http://sah-archipedia.org/buildings/TX-02-SS15.

Print Source

Buildings of Texas

Buildings of Texas: East, North Central, Panhandle and South Plains, and West, Gerald Moorhead and contributors. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 2019, 411-411.

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