Earls Hi-Speed Service - Pure Oil - Ann Arbor, Michigan
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N 42° 15.567 W 083° 43.750
17T E 274889 N 4682190
The Pure Oil Service Station at 1880 Packard has been repurposed several times in it's life. At one time it was a Victory Lane Oil change. It's most recent incarnation is the Packard Auto Repair.
Waymark Code: WM8A07
Location: Michigan, United States
Date Posted: 02/25/2010
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In an October 2000 Article in the Ann Arobor Observer (
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She tells us about Pure oil here-
"The major oil companies hired architects to design stations that could be replicated all over the country. In 1937 Walter Dorwin Teague created a rectangular green-and-white Texaco station with large glass windows that was heavily influenced by the International style. Texaco stations with Teague’s design soon became ubiquitous, and other companies followed suit with similar buildings, all with an art deco or streamline-moderne flavor.
Most of Ann Arbor’s remaining enameled stations have been covered up, but at the former Schneider’s Amoco (now Rainbow Creations) across from Michigan Stadium, the panels can still be seen beneath a coat of yellow paint. The distinctive square towers that once marked Pure Oil stations are easy to spot on Japanese Auto Professional Service at Main and Madison and Victory Lane Quick Oil Change at Packard and South Boulevard."
The 1945 Polk Directory names the business at 1880 Packard as Earls Hi Speed Service.
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