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Celeste Whitlow
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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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Curve Station, Almena, Kansas
The Curve Station is located at the intersection of Highway K-383 and Bryant Road immediately east of the community of Almena, in Norton County. In...
Rockfish Service Station, Waynesboro, VA
Ten miles north of Waynesboro on Virginia Route 865 sites Rockfish Service Station. In 1970, this building was documented for the Historic American Buildings Survey...
Collecting Historic Station Designs
Collecting and preserving the designs of stations that may no longer stand (or may have never been built) is very important to me. I’ve started...
Service Stations of Missouri
A Collection of Missouri Stations These photos come from various historical archives and may not have current locations or still be standing. I would love...
Nudura vs Fox Blocks – An Unbiased Comparison
So You’ve Chosen ICF, Now What? The brand war between ICF Manufacturers can get dirty. This series will be a side-by-side, unbiased comparison between ICF...