Turnbull Motor Company - Downtown Troy Historic District - Troy, MO
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YoSam.
N 38° 58.780 W 090° 58.839
15S E 674916 N 4316459
Bus station, car dealership (Plymouth's) and now a BBQ
Waymark Code: WMR485
Location: Missouri, United States
Date Posted: 05/11/2016
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County of building: Lincoln County
Location of building: E. Cherry St & 2nd St., Troy
City Lot # 110
Date built: 1924
Historical Name: Turnbull Motor Company
Current Owner: Big Sticky's BBQ
"180 E. Cherry Street (Contributing)
The building at 180 E. Cherry Street was constructed as an automobile dealership in 1924 for
Turnbull Motor Company. The property was later used as a bus station. The former auto
dealership is a brick one-story building that has been minimally altered since construction. The
primary (north) elevation is built up at the façade and features an original band of stepped
decorative brick pendants along upper façade wall. Below the patterned brick, the building bears
the painted sign for “Turnbull’s Bus Line.” Fainter painted signs appear on the west wall (which
appears to be for a grocery store) and the east wall (for a Plymouth dealership). There is an
original commercial style window on the east end of the primary elevation. Above the window is
a multi-light band. The window is offset by a garage bay with an overhead track door, and also
by a commercial single-light door and a one-over-one window. The south elevation has a
commercial style window similar in configuration to the north elevation window. There are one story
brick wings on the east and west elevations. The east wing has two garage bays (north
elevation) with modern overhead track doors. This wing is constructed of hollow core tile and the
façade is covered with brick. The west wing, which appears older, has a north elevation garage
bay and a brick flue. Both the main building block and the wings have metal roofline coping." ~ NRHP Nomination Form
"Other additions to the district in the 1920s were Turnbull
Motor Company’s auto dealership at 180 E. Cherry Street and a garage across the street at 185 E.
Cherry Street. Both buildings were later used to support the M.C. Foster Bus Line." ~ Troy Historical Society