The original one-story building was designed by Clark and constructed in 1919. In that year the C. E. Gates Auto company moved from their business location in the Sparta Building at the northeast corner of North Riverside and East Main Streets. A second floor, believed to be designed by Clark, and large display windows on the first floor, were begun in November, 1926. Both floors provided a total of approximately 32,000 square feet and rivaled any garage in southern Oregon in size. C. E. Gates was a long time Medford car dealer of Fords, Lincolns, trucks and tractors; his office was proclaimed one of the \"best equipped in southern Oregon.\"
Original NID
8846
Date
1919-1927
Style
Period/Mission
Status
Gone
Source
Medford Mail Tribune , 1/2/27, 1/1/28, 3/16/27, 6/1/20 Robert Keeney interview, 5/25/82 ;
Site
7
City
Medford
Address
NW corner of E 6th and North Riverside
Certainty
Confirmed, SOHS Inventory