The transportation building was constructed in 1937 and served as an automotive repair shop. It holds the Museum’s “rolling stock” and vehicle collection, which includes a stagecoach used in Tombstone, Arizona (and “held up” at least one time), a scaled replica of a Conestoga wagon, a Ford Model-T ranch pickup truck and Sharlot Hall’s personal Durant Star Touring car. She purchased this “convertible” in 1926 for $737. The Conestoga replica, known as the “Bicentennial Wagon,” was driven from Yuma, Arizona, to Valley Forge, Pennsylvania, during the 1976 national bicentennial celebration.
When Sharlot Hall moved into the Governor’s Mansion in 1926, this poured concrete structure had not been built. Through the years the building changed hands and uses until the Museum bought it for storage. As time passed the staff renovated the building and converted it for exhibits.
