Marmon Hupmobile Showroom (aka Nick's Uptown Bar) - Chicago, IL - Art Deco - Art Nouveau on Waymarking.com

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Hupmobile was an automobile built by the Hupp Motor Company from 1909 thru 1940. The Hupp Motor Company of Detroit, Michigan, started building automobiles in 1908 and introduced their creation, called the Model 20, to the public at the Detroit Auto Show in February 1909. The company's philosophy was to build a car in the working man's price range. That idea, along with a strong commitment to quality and workmanship, produced many years of dependable, tough and durable machines. The Hupp Motor Car Company of Detroit, Michigan, started building their Model 20 Runabout in a small building on Belleview Avenue in 1908. The prototype was presented at the 1909 Detroit Motor Show with great success. Production began with 500 cars built and sold the first year. Yearly production increased and a new location on Jefferson Avenue was needed to accommodate more styles of cars being built, the runabout, torpedo, touring and enclosed sedan. In 1912, a second model was available, the Model H (usually refereed to as the model 32). Also in 1912, Hupp opened a manufacturing plant in Windsor, Ontario, Canada, making Hupmobiles mainly for the Canadian market. This plant discontinued after a few years but started again in 1933 until 1935. Hupmobile made a total of 500,000 automobiles during the 30 years of production. In 1909 over 500 cars were produced. By 1929, Hupp was producing over 53,300 cars per year (their best year). A workers' strike in 1937 resulted in very few, if any, cars being made during 1937. A low production of cars were made from 1938 through 1940. The Hupp Motor Car Company stopped production of cars during July 1940, as the result of slow sales and because the world entered into the armed conflict of World War II when the focus was placed on assisting the war efforts.

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NOTE 7/31/11: Just learned that this location was once the Cairo Supper Club and was bombed by the mob on May 11, 1964.

Style: Art Deco Structure Type: Commercial/Retail Architect: Paul Gerhard Date Built: 1920 Supporting references: Not listed

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