Station Styles

Tudor Cottage

Popularized by Phillips 66 in the 20s and 30s, many companies adopted the Tudor style for their service stations.

Margolies, John, photographer. Phillips 66 gas, Kinsley, Kansas
. United States Kansas Kinsley, 1979. Photograph. https://www.loc.gov/item/2017707474/.
John Phelan, photogrpaher. Huning Highlands Conoco Service Station, Albuquerque, New Mexico. Photograph. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Huning_Highlands_Conoco_Service_Station,_Albuquerque_NM.jpg

Ice Box

In the 50s and 60s, gas stations took a more modern approach with sharp angles and, frankly, wild awnings.

Larry Myhre, photographer. The Gas Station. Photograph. https://www.flickr.com/photos/larrymyhre/8113836301

Mission

Another popular station design took influence from old Spanish missions, featuring large amounts of stucco and tile.

Old Sinclair Service Station along Route 66 in Tulsa, OK

This well-maintained Sinclair Service Station in Tulsa, Oklahoma is described as a “Spanish Eclectic” building and is on the National Register of Historic Places.

Other Miscellaneous Styles

Arthur T. LaBar, photographer. Texaco Station, Cedarburg, Wisconsin, 1976. Photograph. https://www.flickr.com/photos/arthurtlabar/19474908519

I like to call this one “The Wisconsin Pagoda.”

Americasroof. Photograph. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Big-pump-king.jpg

Big Pump, formerly located in Maryville, Missouri was a 21-foot high Art Deco style station built in 1937. It has since been relocated to King City, Missouri and is a part of the Tri-County Historical Museum.

Celeste Whitlow
Author: Celeste Whitlow

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