Conabeer Chrysler Building, Commercial building in Asheville, United States
Conabeer Chrysler Building is a four-story red brick commercial building on a corner in Asheville, North Carolina. Its parapet has a raised central section inscribed with the date 1925 and rows of diamond and circular patterns in lighter stone. Rectangular windows run in bays separated by stone bands, and the ground floor has a storefront with large glass windows and recessed double red doors.
Built in 1928, the building was first used by Conabeer Motor Company, a local Chrysler dealership, and later became a garment plant for Kar-Lyn in the 1950s. After a long period as a furniture store and then office space, it was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.
The building's name comes from the Conabeer Motor Co., the local Chrysler dealership that leased it from the Coxe family, whose name the street bears. Since summer 2022 the ground-floor showroom has housed Well Played Board Game Café, whose owner Kevan Frazier kept the original checkered tile floor and curved counter walls.
The building sits at the edge of a paved street, so the ground floor is easy to reach from the sidewalk. Visitors can walk around the exterior to see the parapet and window bays from across the street.
Cars originally reached the upper floors through a ramp system, not the front doors, since the front entrance was too narrow. The building also kept its second floor as a parts area and third floor as car storage, which many passersby never suspect today.
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