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Alpha Reference: Q Historic Name: Flynn’s Ford Agency Address: 935 Main Street Construction Date: 1920 Parcel #: 053-135-270 935 Main Street is a one-story building with a flat roof and shaped parapet. Just below the parapet is a concrete course, and just under this course are the remnants of a metal egg-and-dart band, which once stretched the length of the facade. Red brick walls laid in Flemish bond supports the building. The designer of 935 Main St. divided the facade into three large openings. The center was originally occupied by a garage door, and is now the main doorway. On either side of this central opening are two equally sized windows with a fixed wooden sash. These windows are divided into a large central light flanked by two sidelights. Transoms composed of two, five, and two lights lie above these tri- partite windows. Above the three main openings of the facade are concrete lintels; these lintels have another smaller rectangle incised within them. Just above the lintels on either end are small concrete squares into which a diamond pattern of tiles is inset. These two lots on Main Street were originally the site of Beal's Livery Stable. The right hand lot was deep, with room for corrals and a rear entrance on Maple Street. Together the two lots had 97' frontage on Main. After the stable, the lots were purchased by Ross & Ross Attorneys at Law, Redwood City (George C. Ross and his sons Hall C. and Lee T. Ross). The first lot to be developed was the right-hand lot, which ran into Maple Street. They had Gus Waller construct a combination new automobile showroom salon and auto repair garage for their tenant, David M. Flynn. This building, until recently Popik's Furniture Company's showroom, began service as a Ford dealership and an automotive garage. The interior possesses large wooden trusses, exposed brick walls, and skylights, which suggest the building's past as a utilitarian workspace. The structure was located strategically near the intersection of Main St. and Middlefield Rd., which during the 1920s-50s experienced a high volume of auto traffic. Numerous garages and gas stations served these passing motorists, and a number can still be observed in the vicinity. Take, for example, 1101 Main St., a former auto showroom done in the Gothic style. 935 Main St. conforms neatly to what architectural historian Richard Longstreth has termed the "One-Story Commercial Block" in his book, The Buildings of Main Street, (Washington D.C.: 1987 pages 54-67). A key feature of the One-Story Commercial Block were its large plate glass windows, which invited passers-by on Main Streets to stop, browse, and enter. Page 52 7.B. - Page 63