"Andrew Murphy / Murphy Motors - Kennebunk, Maine."
121 Summer Street (Route 35).
H. E. Lunge on Main Street in Kennebunk began in 1915. He sold out to Andrew Murphy sometime in the late 20's or early 30's (sometime after 1924). Andrew Murphy moved the Main Street dealership to the east side of town at 121 Summer Street (Route 35).
Circa 1920s dealership shown as Murphy Motor Co.. Selling Dodge Brothers Motor cars and Graham Brothers trucks.
Circa 1930s dealership shown as Murphy Motor Co..
Circa 1937 dealership shown as Murphy Motor Co..
Circa 1940 dealership shown as Andrew Murphy Hudson & Pontiac Service.
Photo circa 1952. Orren Tibbets owned the dealership from September 1950 thru 1968 when expansion meant a move to Sanford Maine – this was when the site became Jim’s Service center as follows.
There were two buildings on the property - one was the showroom, the other was the garage. Both buildings still stand today - the garage is still a garage and the old showroom is partly storage and partly used for front end alignments. The garage part was recently renovated, and they actually kept it looking more or less original. The garage is still a garage and the old showroom is partly storage and partly used for front end alignments. The garage part was recently renovated, and they actually kept it looking more or less original.
Mark Baker shares the following, July 2011: My Great Uncle Andrew Murphy’s Hudson Pontiac dealership In Kennebunk... The little two tone Convertible at the right center was used by my Second Cousin Andrew Murphy Jr. when he was a student at Kennebunk High School. He was Killed during World War Two on a B-24 Bomber that crashed into the Atlantic Ocean while it was heading to North Africa in 1943. The head mechanic that worked for him for many years is a gentleman by the name of Robert Barra, he is now 98 and lived for 64 years in a house that is “5 Doors Down” from the station. My Aunt Margaret used to work in the Office and the original roll top desks were in use for over 50 years until the retirement of one of the subsequent owners Jim Welch, one of the desks now reside in his home. [The other desk now resides with Betsy Tibbetts, daughter of Orren Tibbetts (whom married Ina "Nicki" Simpson after the war in 1946). See Tibbetts Pontiac above.] Thanks for posting this little snapshot of My family’s history.
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