The building in the picture above was built after the war and opened in 1947.  While it was a two-car showroom, the building was L-shaped and had a larger service dept. in the back with individual overhead doors for service bays, including a large door for trucks in the center.  This was somewhat unusual for the '40's.  It was built at 43 S. Race St. because the well-paid employees of the shops of the Bessemer and Lake Erie railroad worked at the end of S. Race St. and Carl E. Filer Sr. wanted the 'drive by' traffic a couple times a day.

 

They sold Studebakers right through the end in 1966 and remained an authorized Studebaker Parts and Service dealer until Dec. 1968.  At that point, the Chrysler-Plymouth-AMC dealer in town acquired the factory Studebaker Parts and Service dealer franchise until 1972.

Building is still there and is currently a Laundromat.