History Old Gas Stations Today-Derelict or Period Restored.

North Carolina.

 

Here is another neat one. This is in Wyandotte, Michigan. It sits on a corner lot, the building at a 45-degree angle, and the drive cuts across. Next to the building, behind the trailer in the first pic, is a lift. I grew up in the general area but never noticed this until a few years ago. No idea when it last was in operation. The pump looks '60's to me.

 

I posted a before and after picture in the gas stations-pre 65 thread. Here is the before:

 

Bump

 

Thought I add some random stations

 

This one is about 15 miles south of Denver, just off I25. It was a Sav-O-Mat self serve station.
There was a small apartment on the property, so you paid at the window. The people got to live
in the apartment as part of their pay for running the gas station. It closed about 15yrs. ago. A
couple ran it. He was an alcoholic so they used to get into some pretty loud fights. You never
knew what to expect when you went to the window to pay..part of the entertainment....
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Franklin GA

 

Lebanon KS

 

Veal GA

 

Hydro OK

 

Oxford NY. I can remember when it was a Texaco station.

 

San Miguel County NM. (Between Las Vegas & Tucumcari NM)
This is the gas station from the 1984 movie Red Dawn

 

Andes,NY

 

Was a gas station of a very small rural community, now a house. JW

 

Montana Gas...

 

One I spotted on old US rt. 11 in Va. { history ?}

 

Farmers High GA

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Bowdon GA

 

Yass, NSW, Australia

 

Where is this at

 

Weston mo

 

In Ponca City . The office for a custom cabinet company

 

Ballarat, Victoria, Australia. This old petrol station is on Eureka Street in Ballarat. Eureka Street is an historic street in Ballarat. 'Eureka' (from the Greek for 'I found it' or 'I have found it') refers to the discovery of gold in the district in 1850/51, sparking a gold rush that attracted fortune hunters from elsewhere in Victoria and other parts of the country and from overseas. A few years later there was a miners' rebellion against the authorities; the miners erected a stockade not far from the where the service station is located (hence the 'Stockade' name of the station). Soldiers attacked early one morning; more miners than soldiers were killed. The surviving miners were later acquitted of charges of insurrection/treason. The Eureka Stockade rebellion is a famous event in the European history of this continent. [There used to be a small Ford factory within a few hundred yards of the 'Stockade Service Centre'; the empty/derelict Ford factory building is still there today - or it was the last time I checked ... ]

 

That aint motor oil on the top shelf

 

Hello,

Having been one of the only gas stations in this part of a coastal city has is own history. When we used to drive down PCH or Highway 1 from Long Beach to all points South for our surf adventures. There were two places to get gas that were our favorites. The old gas station in the southern part of town was just in the right place before we got on the new freeway going South. It was in a part of town with another gas station a few blocks farther South. But, this one was near several fast food places and a small market/deli.

It has been several different businesses since being one of the original coastal city’s gas station. It was convenient and less expensive than the name brand stations in the Northern part of the city’s coastal drive.
Friday Art
Before the pandemic blues that struck all over the USA and the world, small businesses had a great time helping others do some work on old trucks and hot rods in various neighborhoods, everywhere. One of the nicest places was a converted gas station in a coastal OC city. They played to a market, but it is a small one, due to the fact that the buying market has 50% of its clientele as blue water and fish.

But, the coastal city hot rod scene was kept alive by a lot of people and their builds. The gas station is/was now an automotive repair business and was so until the throes of the pandemic shut down. It looked empty, as it does, today. It was sad to see the various hot rods and trucks no longer on the lot or mechanic’s stalls. The pandemic hit on all fronts.

The last usage for the old, but cool gas station was an auto repair business that had ties to hot rods and old cruisers. During the time it was here, the business was doing well with the locals. But, during the pandemic, things started to not work out like a lot of businesses all over the place. So, it sat idle and now, it is for lease.

Thank you for your service at this location since 1961 during our surfing era.