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Architect's Conception of the L.E. Belcourt Building, 1927

Groundbreaking was in August, 1927; the building was finished on January 4, 1928. This building was built for W. L. Eaton, a Dodge dealer. By the 1930s, he had acquired a Hudson franchise.

W. L. Eaton had closed by 1940, and the L.E. Belcourt Co. moved into the building in 1941, and remained there until 1978.

L.E. Belcourt,1950

University Motors, as it looked in 1927

Frank E. Rhodes, Renton, as it looked in 1952

Photo courtesy of Brent Havekost, nashparts.com

LaBonte Rambler (1964)

After Frank E. Rhodes was renamed LaBonte Rambler, LaBonte sold and serviced Studebakers until the 1965 model year, according to the South King County Telephone Directory from 1964. The building looks very similar to one in Grants Pass, Oregon :

L. E. Belcourt Interior--Used Car Department, 1941