114 N 1st Garage

114 N 1st Garage

The garage went up in 1930 on the site of a blacksmith and wagon shop — a one-part commercial block, a single story built to one purpose. Pilasters divide the buff brick front into bays and rise to a stepped parapet, each carrying a diamond of projecting brick, with a wide vehicle opening in the center bay.

Reo Sales and Service moved in from West State Street in April 1937. Charles D. McCuen and his wife ran it as the Reo truck distributorship for seven counties across northern Illinois and southern Wisconsin, with twenty-four-hour garage and wrecking service.

Urban Equity Properties owns the building, which remains in use as a garage and is leased as climate-controlled indoor parking.