214 - 216 Live Oak Street
Coleman, Texas

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On maps of 1898 and before, a vacant lot is shown at what would become 214 - 216 West Like Oak Street.  The Cumberland Presbyterian Church was built between 1898 and 1904.  About 1910, the Church of Christ used this building as a temporary place of worship.



south side - 1904 map

south side - 1909 map




south side - 1916 map

south side - 1923 map



"In 1929, Taylor Motor Company at 214 - 216 Live Oak Street.  It was owned by Frank W. and Ben F. Taylor.  They were auto repairers.  W. D. Cathey and Buford Davis were both mechanics at Taylor Motor Company, but no residence address is shown for either."  (Coleman City Directory, 1929 - Hudspeth.)



Taylor Motor Was Established Here 14 Years Ago

Frank W. Taylor, head of Taylor Motor company, came to Coleman in 1905.  This year he celebrates his thirty-first year as a citizen of the town and his fourteenth year in the automobile business.  The Taylor Motor company is an automobile agency of the highest type.  They handle Dodge and Plymouth cars, and specialize in the mechanical repairing of these cars.  Their mechanics have special training in this particular kind of work.

When Mr. Taylor first entered this business he bought out the old Coleman Motor Company which had the Dodge agency at that time, he added the Plymouth line in 1933.  The merchandise line consists of parts, accessories and Firestone tires.

The Service station operates night and day and handles Sinclair products.  Here you will receive the most courteous service for twenty four hours per day.  The attendants are alert and thoroughly efficient and eager to give you the best service in town. 

Frank Orr is shop foreman and his assistants are: Jack Mills, E. A. Walker, Geo. Briggs, R. K. Wardlow and Horace Carter, mechanics.  The staff of this garage is one to be proud of as each man is a general all around mechanic and has specialized in some one phase of the work.  They are equipped to give you the best in repair work and are glad to be of service to you.

Frank W. Taylor is assisted by his two sons, Ben F. and F. W. Taylor, Jr.  There are also two other brothers employed by the firm, M. D. and Chas. Taylor.  Mr. Taylor has grown and progressed during his business in Coleman and finds it a pleasant and profitable place to live.  There has been, even as now, a pleasant association with the good people of this trade territory.  Mr. Taylor says that the automobile is as much a necessity to the farmer and rancher of the present day as their products are to the city dwellers.  If you have car trouble, regardless of the make of car, or if you are interested in a car that can really “take it,” let Mr. Taylor fix your old car or show you a Dodge or Plymouth.

(From the 1936 Centennial Edition Coleman Democrat-Voice Newspaper.)
(transcribed by Pam Sanders, February 2006.)





south side - 1930 map


south side - 1948 map





 
 
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