Howard Motor Company Building

United States historic place


Howard Motor Company Building
U.S. National Register of Historic Places


34°8′47″N 118°7′26″W / 34.14639°N 118.12389°W / 34.14639; -118.12389
Area	less than one acre
Built	1927 (1927)
Built by	Austin Co. of California
Architectural style	California Churrigueresque
MPS	Early Automobile-Related Properties in Pasadena MPS
NRHP reference No.	96000422^[1]
Added to NRHP	April 18, 1996

The Howard Motor Company Building (also known as California Custom Coach, Inc.) is a historic automobile showroom located at 1285 E. Colorado Boulevard in Pasadena, California.

Description and history

The Howard Motor Company built the showroom in 1927; it was one of several car dealerships built along Colorado Boulevard. The building is designed in a California Churrigueresque style of Spanish Colonial Revival architecture; its design includes a decorative frieze, chamfered corners, and an elliptical arched entrance topped by the dominant Churrigueresque element. The Bush-Morgan Motor Company moved into the building in 1938 and occupied it through the 1950s. The building was still used as an auto showroom in the 1990s.^[2]

The building was added to the National Register of Historic Places on April 18, 1996.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
^ Goeken, Brian (September 28, 1995). "National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Howard Motor Company Building". National Park Service. Retrieved August 12, 2013. Accompanied by photos.