Buick Automobile Company Building

United States historic place


Buick Automobile Company Building
U.S. National Register of Historic Places

The building as seen in 2015
39°06′20″N 94°34′48″W / 39.10556°N 94.58000°W / 39.10556; -94.58000 (Buick Automobile Company Building)
Area	less than one acre
Built	1907-08, c.1934, 1958
Built by	George L. Brown (original 1907-08 building)
Architect	Frank S. Rea (original 1907-08 building);
Architectural style	Tudor Revival
NRHP reference No.	04000386^[1]
Added to NRHP	May 5, 2004

The Buick Automobile Company Building, at 216 Admiral Blvd. in Kansas City, Missouri, was built in 1907. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2004.^[1]

It is a three-story brick building with elements of Tudor Revival style. It is supported bycast-iron columns, steel girders and heavy timbered joists, and was designed by architect Frank S. Rea. A three-story brick addition was added around 1934, and a two-story extension to the rear was added in 1958.^[2]

The building included an automobile showroom on the first floor, auto repair shops in the basement and on the third floor, and a garage on the second floor.^[2]

References

^ ^a ^b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
^ ^a ^b Cydney Millstein; Mary Ann Warfield (August 25, 2003). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Buick Automobile Company Building" (PDF). Missouri Department of Natural Resources. Retrieved July 30, 2018. With 10 photos from 2003.

Buick vehicles

Established in 1899, a division of General Motors since 1908

Current

Cars	LaCrosse Regal Velite 6 Verano
Crossovers/SUVs	Electra E4 Electra E5 Enclave Encore GX Envision Envista
Vans	GL8/Century

Former models
(by year of
introduction)

1900s	Model B Four
1910s	Six
1920s	Master Six Standard Six
1930s	Century Limited Roadmaster Special Super
1950s	Electra Invicta LeSabre Skylark
1960s	Riviera Wildcat
1970s	Apollo Centurion Estate GSX Skyhawk Opel
1980s	Reatta Somerset
1990s	Park Avenue
2000s	Excelle Excelle HRV Lucerne Rainier Rendezvous Royaum Sail Terraza
2010s–20s	Cascada Encore Excelle XT/GT/GX GL6 Velite 5 Velite 7

Concept cars

Performance

Related topics

Building
Marquette brand
Buick City

Category
Commons

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