Ambler's Texaco Gas Station - Dwight, IL
Posted by: cldisme
N 41° 05.633 W 088° 26.383
16T E 379087 N 4550177
A historic filling station located at the intersection of Old US Route 66 and IL Route 17
Waymark Code: WM2WR0
Location: Illinois, United States
Date Posted: 01/01/2008
Views: 68
Ambler's Texaco Gas Station is a historic filling station located at the intersection of Old US Route 66 and IL Route 17 in the village of Dwight, IL.
The station has been identified as the longest operating gas station along Route 66; it dispensed fuel for 66 continuous years until 1999.
Ambler's was the subject of major restoration work from 2005–2007, and reopened as a Route 66 visitor's center in May 2007. It was added to the U.S. National Register of Historic Places in 2001.
The station was named to the
Route 66 Association Hall of Fame in 2005.