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Nocona Motors Building - 115 W Walnut Street
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Nocona Motor Company was a dealer in Lincoln and Ford automobiles as well as Fordson tractors. It was established in 1922, with three employees, on Clay Streeet. The company grew quickly and in 1925 built this 13,500 square foot building and expanded their workforce to nine. E.P. Daniel and J.H. Cone were the original owners. Cone’s son, L.Z. Cone, soon became a partner until 1930, when Daniel became the sole owner. (The Cones also owned a funeral service and hardware store in town).
In 1937 Cass Shackelford bought out Nocona Motor Company and opened it as Shackelford Motor Company as a Chrysler Plymouth dealership. In 1945, J.G. and O.E. Whisnand opened Whisnand Motor Company, a Chrysler Plymouth dealership that moved to Front Street about 1950. In 1952 and 1953, it was Lee Vaughn Motor Company, specializing in Buicks, before it was moved to Highway 82.
In 1955, C.H. ‘Cy’ Parker and sons Garrett, Robert, and Jack opened Parker’s Food Store here. It was their 11th store in North Texas. By 1964 Parker’s became a Piggly Wiggly grocery store and laundry service, open until the late 1980’s.
For the next 20 years or so it was home to Don Earl Brooks' Boot and Shoe repair service, a company that refurbished light-weight private aircraft (1996), then a glass shop that was part of the Nocona Lumber Yard.
Pete and Barbara Horton purchased the building about 2010 and remodeled it into the Horton Classic Car Museum to house their impressive car collection. After Pete’s death in 2023, it was closed.
In 1937 Cass Shackelford bought out Nocona Motor Company and opened it as Shackelford Motor Company as a Chrysler Plymouth dealership. In 1945, J.G. and O.E. Whisnand opened Whisnand Motor Company, a Chrysler Plymouth dealership that moved to Front Street about 1950. In 1952 and 1953, it was Lee Vaughn Motor Company, specializing in Buicks, before it was moved to Highway 82.
In 1955, C.H. ‘Cy’ Parker and sons Garrett, Robert, and Jack opened Parker’s Food Store here. It was their 11th store in North Texas. By 1964 Parker’s became a Piggly Wiggly grocery store and laundry service, open until the late 1980’s.
For the next 20 years or so it was home to Don Earl Brooks' Boot and Shoe repair service, a company that refurbished light-weight private aircraft (1996), then a glass shop that was part of the Nocona Lumber Yard.
Pete and Barbara Horton purchased the building about 2010 and remodeled it into the Horton Classic Car Museum to house their impressive car collection. After Pete’s death in 2023, it was closed.
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