Kernersville in Forsyth County, North Carolina — The American South (South Atlantic)

Stuart Motor Company

Photographed by Michael C. Wilcox, April 4, 2012

1. Stuart Motor Company Marker

Inscription. Est. 1926
by Ned R. & Annabel Stuart
The Bldg. was originally opened as Kernersville's First Auto Showroom and is on the National Register of Historic Places.

Due to the many Hats Ned Stuart wore serving the town it was used as: The First Hudson Essex & Ford Dealer, Office of the Fire Chief, Police Commissioner, Town Commissioner, Head of the School Board, Town Building Inspector and Civil Defense Warden in WWII.

The building served as a town meeting place for many civic groups in the early years. The Apts. above not only housed the Stuart Family. Ned, Annabel, sons Ned Jr. Y Robert, but served as the first homes for many of the town's founding Fathers.

Restored in 1986 by Ned Jr., wife June & son Bryan.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Charity & Public Work • Roads & Vehicles • War, World II. A significant historical year for this entry is 1926.

Location. Marker has been reported missing. It was located near 36° 7.18′ N, 80° 4.36′ W. Marker was in Kernersville, North Carolina, in Forsyth County. It was on East Mountain Street, on the left when traveling east. Touch for map. Marker was in this post office area: Kernersville NC 27284, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker was in North Carolina’s Piedmont

and specifically in Piedmont Triad.

It was also in the American South

and specifically in the Upper South.

Globally, it was in the North Atlantic Region,

North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it found itself in what was once the territory of the Mississippian Culture,

one of the original Thirteen Colonies,

one of the Confederate States of America,

and the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least

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8 other markers are within walking distance of this location: Dedicated to the Memory (a few steps from this marker); Pinnix Drug Store Building (within shouting distance of this marker); Site of Dobson's Tavern (within shouting distance of this marker); Bank of Kernersville (within shouting distance of this marker); John King Building (within shouting distance of this marker); Tobacco Barns in North Carolina (about 500 feet away, measured in a direct line); Railroad Street Mural (approx. 0.2 miles away); Kerner Tannery (approx. 0.3 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Kernersville.

Photographed by Michael C. Wilcox, April 4, 2012

2. Stuart Motor Company Marker

Photographed by Michael C. Wilcox, April 4, 2012

3. Stuart Motor Company Marker

Photographed by Michael C. Wilcox, April 4, 2012

4. Stuart Motor Company Marker

Photographed by Michael C. Wilcox, April 4, 2012

5. Stuart Motor Company Marker

Photographed by Michael C. Wilcox, April 4, 2012

6. Stuart Motor Company Marker

Photographed by Michael C. Wilcox, April 4, 2012

7. Stuart Motor Company Marker

Photographed by Mark Parker, November 7, 2023

8. Stuart Motor Company Marker

A shot of the front of the Stuart Motor Company. A marker is no longer located in front of the business.

Photographed by Mark Parker, November 7, 2023

9. Stuart Motor Company Marker

Credits. This page was last revised on November 15, 2023. It was originally submitted on April 5, 2012, by Michael C. Wilcox of Winston-Salem, North Carolina. This page has been viewed 1,065 times since then and 46 times this year. Last updated on November 11, 2023, by Mark Parker of Hickory, North Carolina. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7. submitted on April 5, 2012, by Michael C. Wilcox of Winston-Salem, North Carolina. 8, 9. submitted on November 11, 2023, by Mark Parker of Hickory, North Carolina. • Bernard Fisher was the editor who published this page.