The Blankinship Motor Company Building is a historic auto dealership building at 120 East Cypress Street in

Warren, Arkansas Warren is a city in and the county seat of Bradley County, Arkansas, United States. As of the 2010 census, the population was 6,003. History When settlers from the east began to arrive in south Arkansas, the land was inhabited by the indigenous ...

. Its construction in 1940 was heralded as part of an "era of progress", as the

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building supplanted a horse barn on the site. The building was designed by H. Ray Burke, whose other commissions included the

Lonoke County Courthouse The Lonoke County Courthouse is located at 301 North Center Street in downtown Lonoke, the county seat of Lonoke County, Arkansas. It is a four-story masonry structure, finished in red brick, with cast stone trim and a raised brick basement. The ...

and the

Drew County Courthouse The Drew County Courthouse is located at 210 South Main Street in Monticello, Arkansas. The -story Classical Moderne building was designed by Arkansas architect H. Ray Burks and built in 1932. It is Drew County's fourth courthouse; the first two ...

. The building was used as a

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and

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dealership and service station until 1965, when the dealership closed. It continued to operate as a service center until 1982, after which it has had a succession of other uses. The building was listed on the

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in 2001.

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