Hughes-Irons Motor Company

Iowa, United States

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The Hughes-Irons Motor Company in Council Bluffs, Iowa, is a two-story brick structure in the Mission Revival style that grew through successive expansions reflecting the region's automotive boom. Floyd Hughes and George Irons built the eastern six-bay section in 1917 to sell Ford cars and tractors; when Irons departed three years later, his partner Hughes and replacement Parmer added four western bays in 1923, splitting the business so that Parmer operated the Ford dealership in the original section while Hughes ran a Chevrolet operation in the new addition. Designed by architect J. Chris Jensen, the building served various automobile enterprises well into the twentieth century—Hughes remained until 1979—before undergoing restoration beginning in 2008 to recover its original main facade. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2011, it now houses the local chamber of commerce on its main floor and apartments above.