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The first Braunwarth Ford garage

Braunwarth Ford’s first garage, from 1923 until the dealership moved up Main Street in 1929.

46 West Main Street, 2022
46 West Main Street, 1923 to 1929
1923 to 19292022

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Through the years

  1. 1923Braunwarth Ford opens its first garage here
  2. 1929The dealership moves to 200 West Main Street
  3. 1930sMenzel’s Garage sells cars nearby, at 4 East Main

The story

Braunwarth Ford opened its first garage here in 1923. In 1929 the dealership moved to 200 West Main Street, onto the corner where William Stahlke had repaired cars about 1915.

Main Street had more than one garage in those years. In the 1930s Menzel’s Garage and car dealership stood at 4 East Main, on the corner of Pine.

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Sources

Photographs from the Waconia Heritage Association collection.

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