Faber's Sinclair Service - Ann Arbor, Michigan - Vintage Gas Stations on Waymarking.com

The 1943 Polk City Directory at (visit link) lists Faber's Sinclair Service under the heading of Gasoline - Wholesale/Retail.

In an October 2000 Article in the Ann Arobor Observer (visit link) entitled Gasoline Alley, author Grace Shackman tells of the rise an fall of the gas stations in Ann Arbor.

She tells us about Faber's here-
"Changing fashions combined with economic pressures to radically alter gas station architecture during the Depression. With a growing number of stations forced to share a shrinking market, stations put more emphasis on repair services. Typically a station added a pair of service bays, one with a hoist and another for tire repairs and other light mechanical work. Space was also needed to sell auxiliary products, called by the trade “TBA” (for “tires, batteries, and accessories”).

Some stations added service bays to existing houselike buildings, while others tried to apply homely details to the new, boxier structures. The Sinclair station at State and Packard (now Bell’s Pizza) is a rectangular box decorated with turrets and a tile roof. But most companies opted for buildings that were easily identified as gas stations, completely reversing their initial goal of blending into the neighborhood."

Address of the station: 700 Packard Ann Arbor, MI USA 48104 Type of Gas Station: Reborn

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