Built in the mid-1940s, the building at 529 North Green Street originally housed Tapp Motor Company, a Lincoln and Mercury dealership that also sold Crosley automobiles. With its curved façade and large glass showroom, it reflected the sleek Art Deco style popular in postwar America. By 1950, the dealership operated as M&S Motor Company, and by the late 1950s had become Woodring Motors, selling Lincoln, Edsel, Mercury, and Studebaker vehicles.
After Woodring Motors closed in 1960, the property continued to serve the auto industry for decades. It became Argabrite Chevrolet-Oldsmobile in the mid-1960s, followed by Don Mahurin Chevrolet-Olds, and later Taylor-Dempewolf Ford, which evolved into Dempewolf Ford-Lincoln-Mercury—a name long familiar to local car buyers. In the 1990s, the business transitioned to Dempewolf Auto Express, specializing in used cars and early internet auto sales.
The original showroom was eventually demolished in the 2000s, and by 2012 a new O’Reilly Auto Parts store had been constructed on the site. Today, the property remains connected to its automotive roots, continuing a legacy of over 75 years serving Henderson’s motorists.
