This is a list of historic

filling stations A filling station, also known as a gas station () or petrol station (), is a facility that sells fuel and engine lubricants for motor vehicles. The most common fuels sold in the 2010s were gasoline (or petrol) and diesel fuel. Gasol ...

and service stations, including a few tire service stations which did not have gas pumps. A number of these in the United States are listed on the

National Register of Historic Places The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance or "great artistic v ...

. They are of various architectural types including "house" types.Building types were "defined by historical geographer John Jakle in his 1975 study of gasoline stations. Jakle's article, "The American Gasoline Station, 1920 to 1970," created a typology for gasoline station identification and analysis that has been generally accepted by geographers, historians, and preservationists ever since." With

Canada

* Joy Gas Stations *

Nuns' Island gas station The Nun's Island gas station was a modernist-style filling station in Montreal built in 1969 and attributed to Ludwig Mies van der Rohe. Joe Fujikawa, who worked for Mies, was the project architect. Closed for several years, it was later conver ...

Denmark

* Palægaragerne *

Skovshoved Petrol Station The Skovshoved Petrol Station ( da, Skovshoved Tankstation) is a historic, still-operating filling station in Skovshoved at the northern outskirts of Copenhagen, Denmark. First opened in 1936, it was designed by Arne Jacobsen and is an example of ...

Eritrea

Fiat Tagliero Building The Fiat Tagliero Building is a Futurist-style service station in Asmara, Eritrea. It was completed in 1938 and designed by the Italian engineer Giuseppe Pettazzi. Historical background The Fiat Tagliero is noted as one of the foremost Art De ...

United Kingdom

* East Sheen Filling Station * Markham Moor service area *

Red Hill filling station The Red Hill filling station on the west of the A6, Loughborough Road, approximately north of Red Hill Circle in Birstall near Leicester, became a Grade II listed building in 2012. The petrol filling station is an example of the futuristic "P ...

United States

Arizona

# John Osterman Gas Station, Peach Springs # Cave Creek Service Station, Cave Creek # J.H. Smith Grocery Store and Filling Station, Dragoon # Copeland & Tracht Service Station, Phoenix

Arkansas

Harvey's Grocery and Texaco Station Harvey's Grocery and Texaco Station is a historic retail establishment at 3241 Arkansas Highway 24, between Camden and Chidester, Arkansas. The single-story concrete block building was built in 1940 by Henry Harvey, replacing a log structure th ...

, in Camden, Arkansas # Allen Tire Company and Gas Station, Prescott # Texaco Station No. 1, Paragould #

Wittsburg Store and Gas Station The Wittsburg Store and Gas Station is a historic retail establishment on Cross County Road 637 in Wittsburg, Arkansas. It is the only commercial building in the community. Built c. 1930, it is a single-story wood-frame structure with a gable ro ...

, Wittsburg # Ferguson Gas Station, Marshall #

Jameson-Richards Gas Station The Jameson-Richards Gas Station is a historic automobile service station on Arkansas Highway 367 in Bald Knob, Arkansas. Built in the early 1930s, it is a typical period roadside service building, a single-story brick structure with English Reviv ...

, Bald Knob # Walter Patterson Filling Station, Clinton # Roundtop Filling Station, Sherwood # Langdon Filling Station, Hot Springs # Magnolia Company Filling Station, Fayetteville (NRHP-listed in 1978) # Magnolia Petroleum Company Filling Station, Kingsland (NRHP-listed in 2019) # Ellis Building, Fayetteville # Marathon Oil Service Station, Fordyce # Gulf Oil Company Service Station, Paragould # Henry W. Klotz, Sr., Service Station, Russell # Mount Ida Cities Service Filling Station, Mount Ida # Wallace Adams Service Station, Texarkana # Lee Service Station, Damascus # Price Produce and Service Station, Springdale # Rison Cities Service Station, Rison # Rison Texaco Service Station, Rison # Samuel P. Taylor Service Station, Little Rock #

Troy Lasater Service Station The Troy Lasater Service Station is a historic former automotive service station on Arkansas Highway 197 in New Blaine, Arkansas. It is a small single-story stone structure with a gabled roof, set in a small grassy area at the junction of AR 197 ...

, New Blaine # Murfreesboro Cities Service Station, Murfreesboro # Gulf Oil Company Filling Station, Stamps

California

# Shell Gas Station, La Grange

District of Columbia

# Embassy Gulf Service Station, Washington

Florida

# Atlantic Gas Station, Miami # Standard Oil Service Station, Plant City

Georgia

# Pure Oil Service Station (Hartwell, Georgia) # Pure Oil Service Station (Lavonia, Georgia) #Gulf Oil Company service station, Douglasville, in

Tudor Revival Tudor Revival architecture (also known as mock Tudor in the UK) first manifested itself in domestic architecture in the United Kingdom in the latter half of the 19th century. Based on revival of aspects that were perceived as Tudor architecture ...

, from 1920s, in Douglasville Commercial Historic District4. 1940 Sinclair Service Station Lavonia, GA

Illinois

Ambler's Texaco Gas Station Ambler's Texaco Gas Station, also known as Becker's Marathon Gas Station, is a historic filling station located at the intersection of Old U.S. Route 66 and Illinois Route 17 in the village of Dwight, Illinois, United States. The station ha ...

, Dwight # Pure Oil Station, Geneva # Belvidere Cafe, Motel and Gas Station, Litchfield #

Soulsby Service Station The Soulsby Service Station is a historic service station in Mount Olive, Illinois. The station is located along historic U.S. Route 66 and is the oldest usable service station on the highway in Illinois. It serves as an example of the house an ...

, Mount Olive # Standard Oil Gasoline Station (Odell, Illinois) # Standard Oil Gasoline Station (Plainfield, Illinois) # Shea's Gas Station Museum, Springfield

Indiana

# Hy-Red Gasoline Station, Greentown # Firestone Tire and Rubber Store, Evansville, IN (to be verified about providing auto service or not)

Iowa

# Bedford Oil Company Station, Bedford # Kreinbring Phillips 66 Gas Station, Lowden # Master Service Station (Waterloo, Iowa) # Pioneer Oil Company Filling Station, Grinnell # Henry and Johanna Van Maren House-Diamond Filling Station, Pella # Wolters Filling Station, Davenport

Kansas

# Hughes Conoco Service Station, Topeka # Westside Service Station and Riverside Motel, Eureka #

Baxter Springs Independent Oil and Gas Service Station The Baxter Springs Independent Oil and Gas Service Station is a historic gas station located at 940 Military Avenue in Baxter Springs, Kansas, along the former route of U.S. Route 66. The station was built in 1930 by the Independent Oil and Gas C ...

, Baxter Springs # Deerfield Texaco Service Station, Deerfield # E. W. Norris Service Station, Glen Elder

Kentucky

# Spur Gasoline Station, Cynthiana # Standard Oil Company Filling Station, Bowling Green

Louisiana

# More Mileage Gas Station, Jennings

Massachusetts

# Colonial Beacon Gas Station, Stoneham # A. C. Smith & Co. Gas Station, Quincy

Michigan

# Tuomy Hills Service Station, Ann Arbor

Minnesota

# Lindholm Oil Company Service Station, Cloquet # Lundring Service Station, Canby # Midway Service Station, Kenna # New Ulm Oil Company Service Station, New Ulm

Missouri

# Gardner and Tinsley Filling Station, New Cambria # Royal Tire Service Inc. Building, St. Louis, MO (to be verified about providing auto service or not)

Montana

Dave's Texaco Dave's Texaco is a site on the National Register of Historic Places located in Chinook, Montana. It was added to the Register on August 16, 1994. The building was a gas station and has also been known as Dave's Exxon and as Dave's Conoco. The b ...

, Chinook, Montana # Continental Oil Company Filling Station, Kalispell # Hale's Filling Station and Grocery, Bainville # H. Earl Clack Service Station, Saco

Nebraska

Gloe Brothers Service Station The Gloe Brothers Service Station, at 609 E. 11th St. in Wood River, Nebraska, was built in 1933. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2000. It is located on a triangular property on U.S. Route 30 U.S. Route 30 or U.S ...

, Wood River # Standard Oil Red Crown Service Station, Ogallala # Weyl Service Station, Trenton # Shady Bend Gas Station, Grocery, and Diner, Grand Island # Warner's Filling Station and House, Geneva

New Mexico

# Roy T. Herman's Garage and Service Station, Thoreau # Huning Highlands Conoco Service Station, Albuquerque # Otero's 66 Service, Los Lunas # Charley's Automotive Service, Grants # Grants-Milan Flight Service Station, Grants

New York

# Pure Oil Gas Station, Saratoga Springs #

Liebler-Rohl Gasoline Station Liebler—Rohl Gasoline Station is a historic filling station located at Lancaster in Erie County, New York. It is the Village of Lancaster's sole example of historic 20th century roadside commercial architecture. It is in the Tudor Revival style ...

, Lancaster

North Carolina

Shell Service Station (Winston-Salem, North Carolina) The Shell Service Station in Winston-Salem, Forsyth County, North Carolina, is a former filling station constructed in 1930 following a decision in the 1920s by the new local Shell distributor, Quality Oil Company, to bring brand awareness to the m ...

# Beam's Shell Service Station and Office, (Former), Cherryville

North Dakota

# Westland Oil Filling Station, Minot

Oklahoma

Foyil Filling Station The Foyil Filling Station, in Foyil, Oklahoma, was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2015. It is located on the original alignment of U.S. Route 66 U.S. Route 66 or U.S. Highway 66 (US 66 or Route 66 ...

, Foyil, in Rogers County # Marland Filling Station, Hominy # McDougal Filling Station, Vinita # Seaba's Filling Station, Chandler # Threatt Filling Station, Luther # Narcissa D-X Gas Station, Miami # Avant's Cities Service Station, El Reno # Bridgeport Hill Service Station, Geary # Bristow Firestone Service Station, Bristow # Canute Service Station, Canute # Cities Service Station, Afton # Cities Service Station No. 8, Tulsa # Jackson Conoco Service Station, El Reno #

Magnolia Service Station The Magnolia Service Station is a historic service station located on Old U.S. Route 66 in Texola, Oklahoma. The station, an affiliate of the Magnolia Petroleum Company, opened circa 1930. The station was one of the westernmost in Oklahoma and ...

, Texola # Miami Marathon Oil Company Service Station, Miami # Provine Service Station, Hydro # Sayre Champlin Service Station, Sayre # Sinclair Service Station (Tulsa, Oklahoma) # Spraker Service Station, Vinita # Texaco Service Station (Bristow, Oklahoma) # Y Service Station and Cafe, Clinton # Bristow Tire Shop, Bristow, OK, which is a former service station that did have gas pumps # Randall Tire Company, Vinita, OK

Oregon

# St. Johns Signal Tower Gas Station, Portland # Peck Bros. and Bartle Tire Service Company Building, Portland, Oregon, which serviced automobiles but does not appear to have had gas pumps

Pennsylvania

Lee Tire and Rubber Company The Lee Tire and Rubber Company, now known as Lee Park, is an historic, American rubber and tire factory complex that is located in the Spring Mill section of Whitemarsh, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. It was added to the National Register of ...

, Conshohocken, PA (to be verified about providing auto service or not)

Rhode Island

* Art's Auto (1927), Pawtucket

South Carolina

* ESSO Club, Clemson

South Dakota

Spearfish Filling Station The Spearfish Filling Station, located at 706 Main St. in Spearfish, South Dakota, was built in 1923. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal gov ...

, Spearfish

Tennessee

# Spring Street Service Station, McMinnville # Airplane Service Station, Knoxville # Ellis Service Station Garage, Nashville

Texas

# Old Sinclair Station, Bryan, Texas # Schauer Filling Station, Houston # Jenkins-Harvey Super Service Station and Garage, Tyler # Texas Company Filling Station, Victoria #1928 Phillips 66 Service Station, Turkey, Texas (see photo above for description)

Utah

Utah Parks Company Service Station The Utah Parks Company Service Station in Bryce Canyon National Park was built in 1947 to serve automobile-borne visitors to the park. The service station was designed for the Utah Parks Company by architect Ambrose Spence in a style that was sym ...

, Bryce Canyon # River Heights Sinclair Station, River Heights

Vermont

# Gas Station at Bridge and Island Streets, Rockingham

Washington

# Central Service Station, Rosalia # Teapot Dome Service Station, Zillah

West Virginia

* Weaver's Antique Service Station, Burlington

Wisconsin

# Trapp Filling Station, Hartland # Oatman Filling Station, Eau Claire # Freitag's Pure Oil Service Station, Monroe # Wadhams Gas Station, West Allis

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