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The Midway Service Station at 38797 
The service station, built in 1938, consists of two buildings. The main one has a girder-supported canopy over gas pump islands. It has a stepped brick parapet above the canopy. As of 2004, it hosted a store area and a leased post office; the latter space was formerly the Kenna Bank & Trust Company and still includes a bank vault with a Mosler Safe Co. safe.
The second structure is a car repair garage with two wood and glass roll up doors, which is set back on the property.
U.S. Highway 70
U.S. Route 70 or U.S. Highway 70 (US 70) is an east–west United States highway that runs for from eastern North Carolina to east-central Arizona. It is a major east–west highway of the Southeastern, Southern and Southwestern United States. E ...
in Kenna
Kenna Zemedkun, known professionally as Kenna, is an Ethiopian-born American musician, philanthropist and technology creative. His track "Say Goodbye to Love" was nominated for Best Urban/Alternative Performance in the 2009 Grammy Awards. Kenna ...
in Roosevelt County, New Mexico
Roosevelt County is a List of counties in New Mexico, county located in the U.S. state of New Mexico. As of the 2010 United States Census, 2010 census, the population was 19,846. Its county seat is Portales, New Mexico, Portales. The county was ...
, was built in 1938. It has also been known as Old Kenna Store. It was 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 ...
in 2005.
It is a former Phillips 66
The Phillips 66 Company is an American Multinational corporation, multinational energy company headquartered in Westchase, Houston, Westchase, Houston, Houston, Texas. Its name, dating back to 1927 as a trademark of the Phillips Petroleum Compan ...
gas station, and it included a drugstore and soda fountain. In 2004 there were stock pens nearby, and the population of Kenna was 14. With .
The service station, built in 1938, consists of two buildings. The main one has a girder-supported canopy over gas pump islands. It has a stepped brick parapet above the canopy. As of 2004, it hosted a store area and a leased post office; the latter space was formerly the Kenna Bank & Trust Company and still includes a bank vault with a Mosler Safe Co. safe.
The second structure is a car repair garage with two wood and glass roll up doors, which is set back on the property.
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* National Register of Historic Places in New Mexico Mission Revival architecture in New Mexico Buildings and structures completed in 1938 Roosevelt County, New Mexico New Mexico State Register of Cultural Properties Gas stations on the National Register of Historic Places in New Mexico {{NewMexico-NRHP-stub