Old Fellwock Auto Company
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The Old Fellwock Auto Company is a building built in 1923 in fine Prairie School
style. It was designed by Shopbell & Company
and by Edward J. Thole (who became a partner at Shopbell & Company).
The building is identified by Evanston historic preservation specialists as a "creditable Sullivanesque essay."
It was listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places
in 1984.
Prairie School
Prairie School was a late 19th and early 20th century architectural style, most common to the Midwestern United States.The works of the Prairie School architects are usually marked by horizontal lines, flat or hipped roofs with broad overhanging eaves, windows grouped in horizontal bands,...
style. It was designed by Shopbell & Company
Shopbell & Company
Shopbell & Company was an American architectural firm located in Evansville, Indiana.-History:The firm was founded as as Harris & Shopbell in 1897 and still had that name in 1905. The firm later became Clifford Shopbell & Co. , and later still Shopbell, Fowler & Thole...
and by Edward J. Thole (who became a partner at Shopbell & Company).
The building is identified by Evanston historic preservation specialists as a "creditable Sullivanesque essay."
It was listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places
National Register of Historic Places
The National Register of Historic Places is the United States government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects deemed worthy of preservation...
in 1984.