Sim Hudson Motor Company
Kit Carson County
The Sim Hudson Motor Company played a major role in the development of automobile sales and service in Burlington. Beginning as the Golden Belt Garage, during Sim Hudson’s ownership of the property his dealership sold and serviced Chevrolets. His facility also sold auto parts, dispensed gasoline through curbside pumps and stored automobiles for customers without garages. He commissioned a new Art Deco facade that, when completed in 1932, gave the dealership a modern eye-catching appearance.
Sim Hudson Motor Company (2007 photograph.)
The main building is a good example of an important 20th century building type–the automobile dealership. The specialized nature of the product and services sold dictated a special building form. The Hudson Motor Company exemplifies the dealership type developed in the first half of the 20th century that combined sales, service, storage and fueling in a one-story building at the street edge. The Hudson building exemplifies the architectural evolution of the classic pre-World War II automobile dealership. Property owner Frank Lund prepared the nomination.