Woodstock Garage -109 Church St - 1912

Title

Woodstock Garage -109 Church St - 1912

Description

Vernon Sherburne opened Woodstock Garage at 109 Church Street in 1912, where he had a Ford dealership. At some point he renamed it Sherburne Motor Company. He and his three sons, Clarence, Carroll, and Elwood, sold Ford cars and trucks and Fordson tractors.

In the early 1940s, they opened Sherburne's Bowling Alley. When they sold it in 1966 or 1967, It became Wayne's City Lanes.

The bowling alley and bar scenes in the movie Groundhog Day were filmed here.

Source

Jan Parker

Date

1912

Citation

“Woodstock Garage -109 Church St - 1912,” Woodstock Public Library Archives, accessed October 8, 2026, https://woodstockpubliclibraryarchives.omeka.net/items/show/1553.

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