{"id":102,"featured":0,"modified":"2026-05-15 17:50:30","latitude":48.59382699999999744022716186009347438812255859375,"longitude":-109.2324760000000196669134311378002166748046875,"title":"Young Brothers Chevrolet Garage","subtitle":"","fullsize":"https://mail.historicmt.org/files/fullsize/ae1f613062a60ec9cf5e0d2cba63e045.jpg","address":"201 Pennsylvania Street, Chinook, Montana","all_locations":[],"zoom":17,"creator":["Montana National Register Sign Program"],"description":"A garage/automotive business has served the motoring public at this location since 1912, establishing a long pattern of similar use rarely found in Montana buildings. Although the building was possibly built as a livery stable, it was soon converted to an auto garage, which catered to US 2 travelers and local residents. In 1929, brothers Neil and Hollis Young bought the business, known in the 1920s as the Triple A Garage, and moved their automotive shop here from across the street. The Youngs owned the local Chevrolet dealership, and within five years they had also purchased Pontiac and Oldsmobile franchises, offering Chinook residents a fine choice of General Motors products. Typical of most small-town dealerships, gasoline and petroleum sales supplemented automotive sales and repair. Primarily an outlet for Conoco, the pumps also dispensed Grizzly gas from Cut Bank and Silver gas from Great Falls. In 1939, S. L. Taylor purchased the business and it remained the Taylor Motor Company until 1977. The gas pumps were removed and the franchise closed under owner Mike Tilleman in 1979. Former Tilleman employee Wesley Bevis purchased the facility in the early 1980s and opened his own business, Precision Auto Body, continuing the long tradition of auto service at this location. The building itself is an outstanding example of the Mission style, an architectural form not often found in the Rocky Mountain/Great Plains region. A splendid curvilinear parapet, capped pilasters, horizontal relief banding, and a smooth stucco exterior provide excellent expression of this style; its bold modernity reflects the spirited progressiveness of the early automotive era.","sponsor":null,"accessinfo":"Private","lede":"","website":"","related_resources":["<a href=\"https://npgallery.nps.gov/NRHP/GetAsset/24d91d33-b90e-4e4b-b79f-6a6ae647a358\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Read more about the Young Brother's Chevrolet Garage</a>","<a href=\"https://npgallery.nps.gov/NRHP/GetAsset/3f8e65b5-37bc-408a-bb1c-91cb99e8e6b5/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">See photos of the Young Brother's Chevrolet Garage</a>"],"factoids":[],"files":{"https://mail.historicmt.org/files/fullsize/ae1f613062a60ec9cf5e0d2cba63e045.jpg":{"id":3607,"mime-type":"image/jpeg","title":"Young Brothers Chevrolet Garage","description":"Young Brothers Chevrolet Garage. Front view of the building, facing southwest near the intersection of Pennsylvania Street and 2nd Street. | Montana State Historic Preservation Office | Circa 1920 | Photographer unidentified","thumbnail":"https://mail.historicmt.org/files/square_thumbnails/ae1f613062a60ec9cf5e0d2cba63e045.jpg"},"https://mail.historicmt.org/files/fullsize/b6512a934180902cf275b972d40ec63b.jpg":{"id":3605,"mime-type":"image/jpeg","title":"Young Brothers Chevrolet Garage","description":"Young Brothers Chevrolet Garage. Front view of the building, facing northwest on Pennsylvania Street. | Montana State Historic Preservation Office | Circa 1940&#039;s | A.M. Allison","thumbnail":"https://mail.historicmt.org/files/square_thumbnails/b6512a934180902cf275b972d40ec63b.jpg"},"https://mail.historicmt.org/files/fullsize/e21e759dc452dd0d64f9f76728633132.jpg":{"id":3604,"mime-type":"image/jpeg","title":"Young Brothers Chevrolet Garage","description":"Young Brothers Chevrolet Garage. Front to side view of the building, facing west to southwest near the corner of Pennsylvania Street and 2nd Street. | Montana State Historic Preservation Office | July 1993 | Joseph M. Ashley","thumbnail":"https://mail.historicmt.org/files/square_thumbnails/e21e759dc452dd0d64f9f76728633132.jpg"},"https://mail.historicmt.org/files/fullsize/f9ef70401a5a9edb47ac96aca1992c17.jpg":{"id":6488,"mime-type":"image/jpeg","title":"Facade of the American Garage","description":"A black and white image of the American Garage. The facade is clad with stucco and the sloping false-front roof has a central parapet with pointed caps and a central rounded marquis that displays the lettering &quot;American Garage, W. H. Weiermiller.&quot; Vertical lettering on each side of the garage door entrance reads, Battery Station (left) and Auto Service (right). There is a gas pump with a glass tube and globe out front.  Pedestrian doors lead to office spaces on the right and left of the garage entrance. | Precision Garage 2026 | ca. 1915 | Unidentified photographer","thumbnail":"https://mail.historicmt.org/files/square_thumbnails/f9ef70401a5a9edb47ac96aca1992c17.jpg"},"https://mail.historicmt.org/files/fullsize/b3c7d1d0f58faea9c0f49baa57cfdc8f.jpg":{"id":6489,"mime-type":"image/jpeg","title":"Receipt from American Garage","description":"A paper receipt from April 17 (no year) for services from American Garage. Tire and lube services amounted to $21.55. | Precision Garage 2026 | ca. 1920","thumbnail":"https://mail.historicmt.org/files/square_thumbnails/b3c7d1d0f58faea9c0f49baa57cfdc8f.jpg"},"https://mail.historicmt.org/files/fullsize/17e21e066acbcd61f25c98ffe9920311.jpg":{"id":6490,"mime-type":"image/jpeg","title":"Promotional Coin from American Garage","description":"Picture of a promotional coin issued by American Garage in the early 20th century. Text on coin reads &quot;$20 or Over. AMERICAN GARAGE. TIRES, TUBES, ACCESSORIES, &amp; BATTERIES, CHINOOK, MONT.&quot; | Precision Garage 2026 | ca. 1920","thumbnail":"https://mail.historicmt.org/files/square_thumbnails/17e21e066acbcd61f25c98ffe9920311.jpg"}}}