Pyramid Motors is a historic automobile showroom building located at Lynchburg, Virginia, United States. It is a one-story building with a yellow brick façade with contrasting red-brick details constructed in 1937. The building presented, like the Lincoln-Zephyr that the dealership sold, a streamlined, "modern" appearance in the Art Deco style.[3]

Pyramid Motors
Pyramid Motors, Lynchburg VA, November 2008
Pyramid Motors is located in Virginia
Pyramid Motors
Pyramid Motors is located in the United States
Pyramid Motors
Location405-407 Federal St., Lynchburg, Virginia
Coordinates37°24′56″N 79°9′6″W / 37.41556°N 79.15167°W / 37.41556; -79.15167
Arealess than one acre
Built1937 (1937)
Architectural styleModerne
NRHP reference No.07001140[1]
VLR No.118-5237
Significant dates
Added to NRHPNovember 1, 2007
Designated VLRSeptember 5, 2007[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2007.[1] It is located in the Fifth Street Historic District.

References edit

  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ "Virginia Landmarks Register". Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Retrieved 19 March 2013.
  3. ^ Ashley Neville & John Salmon (June 2007). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Pyramid Motors" (PDF). Virginia Department of Historic Resources. and Accompanying photo