Hoselton Auto Mall history

In 1927, he was offered a Chevrolet franchise for the East Rochester area and moved into temporary quarters while a new dealership building was under construction at 161 East Commercial Street in East Rochester.

Business there weathered the depression with many sacrifices on the part of Walter Hoselton, and in 1934 he bought a small additional building half a block away.

Charles Hoselton, Walter’s son, started full-time in the Service Department in 1935.

More land was acquired and in 1948, an adjoining service and parts building was constructed that doubled the dealership’s size.

Throughout the 1950’s Hoselton continued to grow and prosper after more land was acquired and a service and parts building was constructed.

Hoselton Realty Company, Inc. was founded in 1962 to administer the land and building aspects of our Organization.

He began as a service writer in the fall of 1964, right around the time Hoselton moved into our new facilities at 909 Fairport Road in East Rochester, New York.

Toyota’s were sold out of the Hoselton Chevrolet building until a modern sales and service facility was completed and occupied by Hoselton Toyota Inc. in July 1971.

In August 1973, Hoselton Leasing was expanded through acquisition of a full-time lease manager and formation of an exclusive Hoselton Leasing service department.

In March of 1974, the Hoselton Foundation was created to administer our response as a Christian business to the community.

A Datsun franchise was added in September 1975.

Continued sales and service growth led to the first Hoselton Auto Mall expansion in the fall of 1980.

A combined truck/leasing sales and office building was completed in the fall of 1981 to better serve our customers.

1985 January 1985 was the completion date for a complete renovation and expansion of the Datsun facility.

The widening of Marsh Road in 1991 led to development of new traffic entrances for the complex.

Hoselton Chevrolet renovated its service customer reception area in 1996 and began the first stages of a major collision shop upgrade.

Completed in the spring of 1998, Chrysler Plymouth Jeep occupies the former Nissan Jeep Eagle facility.

Hoselton’s new collision center office and drive-in bays were completed in 2001.

In late 2002 a major renovation of the Chrysler/Plymouth/Jeep facility was finalized.

Also in 2008, the Chrysler Jeep franchise was sold.