Griffin Auto Company Building, El Dorado

Name: Griffin Auto Company Building
Address: El Dorado, United States

#12 among attractions in El Dorado

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The Griffin Auto Company Building is a historic automobile sales and service facility at 117 East Locust Street in El Dorado, Arkansas. It is a single story structure built out of reinforced concrete, with a full basement. The main floor housed the sales and showroom area, and the service area was in the basement. The building also includes a filling station area, which is the most decorative portion of the otherwise utilitarian structure. This area has pilastered columns that frame the automobile entry area, and the walls above the shelter entrance is decorated with bands of terra cotta and brick ornamentation. The Griffin Auto Company was established by three brothers from North Carolina, beginning as a livery stable business in 1899 before branching out into the new world of the automobile in 1915. They moved out of the building in 1960, since when it has been used by a variety of other sales-oriented businesses. ()

Built: 1928 (96 years ago)Coordinates: 33°12'36"N, 92°39'45"W

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El Dorado United States

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Griffin Auto Company Building – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: El Dorado Confederate Monument, John Newton House, First Presbyterian Church, Rialto Theatre.

~800 ftNW
Memorial
El Dorado Confederate Monument, El Dorado
4 min walk • The El Dorado Confederate Monument is located on the grounds of the Union County Courthouse in El Dorado, Arkansas, near the corner of North Main and South Washington Streets.
~1720 ftN
Historical place, Museum, History museum
John Newton House, El Dorado
9 min walk • The Newton House Museum, also known as the Matthew Rainey House, is a historic house museum at 510 North Jackson Street in El Dorado, Arkansas, United States. The house was built sometime between 1843 and 1853 by Matthew Rainey, El Dorado's first settler, and is the oldest building in the city.
~840 ftN
Church
First Presbyterian Church, El Dorado
5 min walk • The First Presbyterian Church is a historic church at 300 E. Main in El Dorado, Arkansas. The single story brick building was constructed in 1926 for a congregation which was organized in 1846.
~290 ftNW
Concerts and shows, Theater
Rialto Theatre, El Dorado
2 min walk • The Rialto Theatre is a historic performing venue at 117 East Cedar Street in downtown El Dorado, Arkansas. Built in 1929 during El Dorado's oil boom years, the theater is one of the best local examples of Classical Revival architecture, and is one of the largest and most elaborately decorated performing spaces in southern Arkansas.
~810 ftNW
City hall
Municipal Building, El Dorado
4 min walk • The Municipal Building, or City Hall, of El Dorado, Arkansas is located at 204 North West Street.
~1570 ftSE
Interesting neighbourhood
El Dorado Apartments, El Dorado
8 min walk • The El Dorado Apartments are a historic apartment house at 420 Wilson Place in El Dorado, Arkansas. The two story brick and limestone building was designed by Louisiana architect Cheshire Peyton, and built in 1926 in response to the discovery of oil in the area and the ensuing economic boom.
0.9 miN
33°13'21"N • 92°39'41"W
Barton Public Library, El Dorado
22 min walk • Library
~1080 ftW
Universities and schools
South Arkansas Community College, El Dorado
6 min walk • South Arkansas Community College is a public community college in El Dorado, Arkansas. South Arkansas Community College, known locally as SouthArk, is a public, comprehensive community college with an open-door policy, providing educational programs, workforce development, civic...

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Nearby attractions include Rialto Theatre, El Dorado (2 min walk), El Dorado Confederate Monument, El Dorado (4 min walk), Municipal Building, El Dorado (4 min walk), First Presbyterian Church, El Dorado (5 min walk).