Sawyer Motor Company Building

The Sawyer Motor Company Building is a four-story automobile showroom and service facility on Coxe Avenue in Asheville, North Carolina. Built in 1925, it has a steel frame and reinforced concrete structure sheathed in brick, with cast concrete trim. Large windows at street level once displayed cars for sale.

Built in 1925 as an automobile showroom and service facility for the Sawyer Motor Company, the four-story building went up in Asheville, Buncombe County, North Carolina. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.

The building's name comes from the Sawyer Motor Company, which sold and serviced automobiles here from 1925. Its showroom windows facing the street let passersby see the cars on display, a sales method dealers adopted as car ownership grew in Asheville in the 1920s.

The building stands at 100 Coxe Avenue in downtown Asheville, on the block where Coxe Avenue meets the surrounding commercial streets. Its brick and cast concrete exterior can be seen from the sidewalk, and it sits within walking distance of other downtown historic buildings. The address is the simplest way to locate it on foot.

The building's steel frame and reinforced concrete structure, sheathed in brick with cast concrete trim, was built in 1925 for automobile showroom and service use. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979, one of Asheville's recognized commercial landmarks.