The Super Service Station – March 1937
The Merchandising Magazine For One Stop Stations This magazine, published in March of 1937, was published by The Irving-Cloud Publishing Co., Chicago, IL. Despite being published monthly, this is the only issue I have found so far. If I come across any others, I will certainly upload them. You can read the whole article via…
Union Metal Ornamental Filling Stations and Lamp Standards
Beautiful Stations are Busy Stations This catalog , advertised in National Petroleum News, features many designs created by Union Metal. They were endeavoring to meet the demand for more artistic stations with cost effective, simple assembly with prefabricated hollow metal panels. In the below article, I will be pulling out select images and passages from…
Fry’s Spring Service Station
Original and Subsequent Owners From the Written Historical and Descriptive Data recorded in 1981 by the Historic American Buildings Survey: The Fry’s Spring Filling Station was constructed in 1931 by Ernest R. Duff. Duff purchased the lot in 1925 from Gertrude C. Rubin. Rubin bought a parcel of land, including this site, in 1921 from…
The Concrete Cottage – What on Earth are we Building Now? Day One
The Plan Inspired by the classic Tudor Cottage style Phillips 66 buildings from the 30s, I have designed a small cottage suited for easy ICF construction. There are a few places where the Concrete Cottage differs from the classic stations, such as adding space to the corners for less form waste and higher ceilings, but…
Building Simple Window Bucks for ICF
If you are tackling an ICF build, picking the right style of bucks for your window and door openings can be pretty complicated. While there’s a huge variety of options and certainly some that are preferred by whichever ICF Manufacturer you’ve chosen, these simple bucks have worked well for us in the past. The main…