{"id":25892,"date":"2026-10-02T21:39:33","date_gmt":"2026-10-03T01:39:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/columbiaclosings.com\/wordpress\/?p=25892"},"modified":"2026-10-02T21:39:48","modified_gmt":"2026-10-03T01:39:48","slug":"the-elephant-trunk-jack-auto-sales-seici-auto-sales-solid-as-a-rock-etc-2931-platt-springs-road-2000s","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/columbiaclosings.com\/wordpress\/?p=25892","title":{"rendered":"The Elephant Trunk \/ Jack Auto Sales \/ Seici Auto Sales \/ Solid As A Rock \/ etc, 2931 Platt Springs Road: 2000s"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"..\/pix\/26\/10\/p2110662.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"..\/pix\/26\/10\/p2110662_tn.jpg\" title=\"p2110662_tn.jpg\" alt=\"p2110662_tn.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"..\/pix\/26\/10\/p2130306.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"..\/pix\/26\/10\/p2130306_tn.jpg\" title=\"p2130306_tn.jpg\" alt=\"p2130306_tn.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"..\/pix\/26\/10\/p2130307.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"..\/pix\/26\/10\/p2130307_tn.jpg\" title=\"p2130307_tn.jpg\" alt=\"p2130307_tn.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Commenter \"Near Springdale\" has pointed out this building a number of times over the years, but I was never exactly sure which one he meant until recently.  In the event, 2931 Platt Springs Road had been a number of things over the years.  In general I can't get close enough on StreetView to read the signs, but the post title has some of the tenants, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.coladaily.com\/business\/springdale-family-opens-new-antiques-collectibles-store-on-platt-springs-road\/article_bb0a7eb0-80ae-554c-a036-094f678bbcb9.html\">here<\/a> is an article on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/p\/The-Elephant-Trunk-100066713611904\/\">The Elephant Trunk<\/a> antiques store, which apparently opened in 2014 and closed in 2020.  Currently the signage for <i>Jack Auto Sales<\/i> is still up, but it's not clear there are any cars there.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.yelp.com\/biz\/solid-as-a-rock-west-columbia\">Yelp<\/a> suggests that \"Solid As A Rock\" reported themselves as \"We are a Metaphysical shop that has many handmade items and more. We have crystals,candles,incense, and much more. We also will be having a coffee and tea bar coming soon.\"<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.loopnet.com\/Listing\/2931-Platt-Springs-Rd-West-Columbia-SC\/17752406\/\">LoopNet<\/a> listing comments that the building was built in 1994 and \"is in very good shape\".<\/p>\n<p>(Hat tip to commenter Near Springdale)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/place\/2931+Platt+Springs+Rd,+West+Columbia,+SC+29170\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/columbiaclosings.com\/pix\/misc\/world_map_icon.png\"><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Commenter \"Near Springdale\" has pointed out this building a number of times over the years, but I was never exactly sure which one he meant until recently. In the event, 2931 Platt Springs Road had been a number of things over the years. In general I can't get close enough on StreetView to read the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1707],"tags":[4477,130,104,1048,540],"class_list":["post-25892","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-closing","tag-2931-platt-springs-road","tag-antiques","tag-cars","tag-platt-springs-road","tag-springdale"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/columbiaclosings.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25892","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/columbiaclosings.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/columbiaclosings.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/columbiaclosings.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/columbiaclosings.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=25892"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"http:\/\/columbiaclosings.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25892\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25900,"href":"http:\/\/columbiaclosings.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25892\/revisions\/25900"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/columbiaclosings.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=25892"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/columbiaclosings.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=25892"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/columbiaclosings.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=25892"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}