301 South Charter Street

Historically the Rudisill Garage, constructed c. 1920; November 1923 fire; 1924 reopening; April 1936 explosion; is Commercial type serving originally as a Packard dealership. One story, wire-cut mottled red brick walls, asphalt shingle hip roof. Five bay South Charter facade with bays divided by brick piers with limestone caps which end at the parapet; just above the concrete aps are circular insets of limestone. Both the west and north facades have various invills but the original openings remain evident. One the west facade, the first bay has a coninuous glazed tile sill, but the opening has been generally infilled; a soldier course flat arch, but the arch continues again at the wider third bay which is infilled with pairs of fixed sash on either side of the replacement central door; the transoms have been infilled with siding. The continuous glazed tile sill interrupts at the door, thus indicating the door location is original. The fourth bay matches the second; the fifth bay matches the first. On the south elevation of the main building, the double rowlock segmental arched openings have been bricked flush with the facade plane. The original section of the building was 90' deep and 100' wide and Sanborn maps indicated the garage has a 40-car capacity, with concrete floor, tiel walls (at least at the south end), the wood posts/wood pier construction. Occupants were Rudisill Garage, Kap Chevy, Howard's Implement and Humphrey Callander building ammunition boxes during WWII, McClure Motors, County offices and commercial business.