Weaver's Antique Service Station is a

gas station 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. Gasoline ...

built in c.1930, which is restored and still evocative of the 1930s, located in Burlington, West Virginia on Northwestern Turnpike (also known as

U.S. Route 50 U.S. Route 50 or U.S. Highway 50 (US 50) is a major east–west route of the U.S. Highway system, stretching from Interstate 80 (I-80) in West Sacramento, California, to Maryland Route 528 (MD 528) in Ocean City, Maryland, on the Atlanti ...

), near its intersection with Patterson Creek Road. It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places as a contributing building within the Burlington Historic District. It is a vernacular wood-frame building, with

stucco Stucco or render is a construction material made of aggregates, a binder, and water. Stucco is applied wet and hardens to a very dense solid. It is used as a decorative coating for walls and ceilings, exterior walls, and as a sculptural and a ...

plaster over 1/8 inch wire mesh. A wood outbuilding, built c.1900, is included in the property, which in 1992 served as a museum of local historical artifacts. It is located on the south side of U.S. Route 50.

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Landmarks in West Virginia Buildings and structures in Mineral County, West Virginia Northwestern Turnpike Historic gas stations in the United States Retail buildings in West Virginia Defunct museums in West Virginia Gas stations on the National Register of Historic Places in West Virginia {{US-hist-stub

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