old gas station, north carolina

Just saw an article on yahoo about old towns that are becoming ghost towns of the 21st century. The picture for Dare County, North Carolina showed the picture below of an old gas/service station. Would make a kick **** garage/small home, some one out there should hunt it down.

 

As cool as it might seem, you could be buying a huge problem for yourself with respect to contaminated soils from leaking gas or oil tanks. Anyone should make damn sure you can't be held liable for cleanup costs .

 

Yeah... But still a lot cheaper than a house where you live.!!.

 

I would kill to have that... So cool.

 

My wife and I went out there two years in a row,but I don't remember seeing it. It's cool for sure though. I saw the article today also.

I could've driven right by it and not remembered it though. Gettin' old.

 

The way some of the old towns are dying, if someone offered to buy a place like that and restore it, they usually offer all kinds of concessions just to get new people/businesses in the area. A friend is looking at starting a small distillery in Kentucky, and the town he's looking at offered to front them about 40% of the start up cost if he would locate the business in the downtown/historic area. Three years ago they wouldn't even take a meeting with him on a business license!

 

like many, that is a dream of mine. It must have been a popular lay out, I have seen many across the U.S. The last one was in Webb City Mo.

 

Before I met my wife I had a plan to buy an old gas station, paint it up like a 50's station and make the office part my bachelor pad.

Luckily for me, I found my wife. Unfortunately for awesome plans, I have a normal house now.

 

That's true, Maine is expensive......but worth every penny . Actually now that I think about it, maybe oil or gas-saturated soil wouldn't be all that bad. Just have to figure out how to reclaim it.

 

Bud of mine has an old metal 2 bay Flying "A" station. The land owners actually paid him $500 to haul it off!
He and his wife and two sons dismantled it, hauled it home, and a friend of his hooked him up with concrete trucks to drop by and pour leftover concrete after jobs (and cancelled ones!)
They put it together on a large pad, behind his house. (he's on 5 acres) It is cool, he has a bell with the air hose, drive around and pull up. Ding ding!
He sold me a '28 Pontiac (Oakland) front axle...very reasonable. Love his 'station'!

 

My wife and I bought an 1880's general store that was last a used car lot, lucky for us no underground storage tanks but EPA costs can make good deal go sour quick. neat place. 800 sq. ft., odd layout but great for us two old farts, 3/4 acre within walking distance to town sq. in old cotton mill town, house taxes $66.00 per year, cost of living a fraction of old home in Jax, Fl. and weather nicer year around. Not good if still in earning years (hour commute to Greenville/ Spartanburg/ Columbia) but excellent retirement area and a Super Wal-Mart and Tractor Supply 7 miles away! <grin>

 

Around here they're usually turned into restaurants. It's nice when they keep the roll up doors.

 

I always wanted one for my screen printing business. It looks like a natural, with separate
office and production spaces and roll-up doors.

 

15 years ago a local couple bought 10 acres of ground that had a home and a gas station on it which closed in the late 1970's. Gas station was torn down but the tanks were never removed. Tanks started leaking several years back and got in the neighbors wells and contaminated them all.

Well $220,000 later to remove the old tanks and cart off the contaminated dirt later to an approved landfill....

My wife and I almost bought the land for her horses but a local guy she knew told her about the tanks and we walked away.

 

Anyone have a link to that article on yahoo? I tried to find it but failed.

 

Dare County is where most of the Outer Banks is set. There's some main land areas too. I'm down there quite a bit and it doesn't look familiar. I posted the picture on a local board and I'll post an answer if I get one. It sure is a good looking building.

I found the original article:

http://finance.yahoo.com/real-estate/article/112463/american-ghost-towns-21st-century-247wallst?cmtnav=/mwphucmtgetnojspage/headcontent/main/112463//date/desc/11/s5311353

 

I love it. I am going to use it to draw a muscle car theme. Thanks for sharing.

 

I love it! I am going to draw it in a muscle car theme. Thanks for sharing.

 

Here's on old cl***ic design, located in Boston, KY that I p*** ever day on my commute. Occupied until a few years ago. Shame to see it wasting away.

 

Thanks!