A number of
auto dealership
A car dealership, or car dealer, is a business that sells new or used cars, at the retail level, based on a dealership contract with an automaker or its sales subsidiary. Car dealerships also often sell spare parts and automotive mainten ...
, auto service, and auto repair shop buildings are notable. A number of these are listed on historic registers, including some in the United States whose notability is documented by their listing the
National Register of Historic Places
The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance or "great artistic v ...
(NRHP). Many auto dealership showroom buildings also include auto servicing areas. This list is intended to include all notable showroom buildings, with or without associated auto service or auto repair facilities, and to include independent auto service or repair facilities.
Buildings which are primarily
filling stations
A filling station, also known as a gas station () or petrol station (), is a facility that sells fuel and engine lubricants for motor vehicles. The most common fuels sold in the 2010s were gasoline (or petrol) and diesel fuel.
Gasol ...
and only secondarily include an auto service bay are covered in
List of historic filling stations
This is a list of historic filling stations and service stations, including a few tire service stations which did not have gas pumps. A number of these in the United States are listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
They are of v ...
, instead. as These include places known as "service stations" in the U.S.
Malta
Turkey
One of the biggest collections of
showrooms of any kind is a car showroom complex in
Istanbul
Istanbul ( , ; tr, İstanbul ), formerly known as Constantinople ( grc-gre, Κωνσταντινούπολις; la, Constantinopolis), is the List of largest cities and towns in Turkey, largest city in Turkey, serving as the country's economic, ...
called Autopia Europia.
United Arab Emirates
One of the world's largest showrooms of any kind is the BMW showroom in
Abu Dhabi
Abu Dhabi (, ; ar, أَبُو ظَبْيٍ ' ) is the capital and second-most populous city (after Dubai) of the United Arab Emirates. It is also the capital of the Emirate of Abu Dhabi and the centre of the Abu Dhabi Metropolitan Area.
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World's Largest BMW Showroom Opens in Abu Dhabi, Best Selling Model in the M.E. is the 7-Series
', 2012.
United States
Numerous more auto showroom buildings are listed on the National Register as
contributing buildings
In the law regulating historic districts in the United States, a contributing property or contributing resource is any building, object, or structure which adds to the historical integrity or architectural qualities that make the historic distric ...
in historic districts, including some within Chicago's
Motor Row District
The Motor Row District is a historic district in Chicago's Near South Side community area. Motor Row includes buildings on Michigan Avenue between 2200 and 2500 south, directly west of McCormick Place convention center, and 1444, 1454, 1737, 1 ...
.
Under construction/To be added:
*more items from "wt:NRHP#Gas station drive"
*perhaps a few from
List of historic filling stations
This is a list of historic filling stations and service stations, including a few tire service stations which did not have gas pumps. A number of these in the United States are listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
They are of v ...
See also
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List of historic filling stations
This is a list of historic filling stations and service stations, including a few tire service stations which did not have gas pumps. A number of these in the United States are listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
They are of v ...
, including some with service bays / garages / repair shops, and many known as "service stations".
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