807 Comments for Studebaker Stamping Plant

That sure would be a helpful tool to help nail a picture to the wall. Hammers are just so complicated!

The Studebaker Building (also known as the USGS Center for Coastal and Watershed Studies)

is a historic site in St. Petersburg, Florida. It is located at 600 4th Street South. On July 5, 1985, it was

added to the U.S. National Register of Historic Places.
Built in 1925, the Studebaker Building is historically significant for its association with the

Florida Land Boom of the 1920s and the relationship of the automobile industry and suburbanization.

The building symbolizes the importance of the Studebaker automobile within that industry in the

1920s, particularly the Peninsular Motor Company of southwest Florida, the fourth largest Studebaker

dealer in volume in the country by 1925.
When the building opened, the company was the fourth largest Studebaker dealer in the world.

The company employed 300 people, with 56 working in St. Petersburg's showroom. However, by 1926

the Peninsular Motor Company went bankrupt as a result of the collapse of the boom, and the

Studebaker Building was closed.

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I can see you.

That is an ocean of engines. I wonder what I would do if I had that mess of them. One really amazing sculpture could be made.

These appear to be used. As noted the hose on the right front engine is obviously severed. Probably removed from something. If they are useless they can still be scrapped.

Leftover prop from a M*A*S*H episode.

Y'all are killin' me!

I think he's wearig the "SECURITY" shirt again! A little insurance never hurts, eh?

saw thease buildings dly all my life used to wonder how the inside looked great pics motts

Yep. 1950s era military issue canvas pole stretcher. The Army made millions of 'em.

Almost like a stage design!

What a story this machine and facility could tell! A real pity it had to be destroyed...

Wonderful set. Thank you so much. :)

Woah, neat find. Makes you wonder why they left so many engines behind to simply rust away.

Set of eyes staring through you ...