Shell Gas Station - La Grange, CA - U.S. National Register of Historic Places on Waymarking.com

"The Shell Gas Station is a prefabricated tin service station comprised of main building, projecting covered service area and separate restroom unit. Poignantly distinctive restroom unit also prefabricated tin; completely free standing, with rounded lines reflective of nascent Moderne.

This service station is illustrative of early U.S. service station architecture from the 1920's. Prefabricated technique also representative of the new cultural mobility.

Both the traditionalist and avant-garde trends are present: decorative finials are indicative of the 1920's eclecticism often associated with skyscraper caps of the period; simple Moderne lines of restroom unit are indicative of the progressive aesthetic of streamlining.

A rare vernacular example of this architectural type and period.

Excerpted from the NRHP nomination dated 28 February 1979."http://noehill.com/stanislaus/nat1979003464.asp

Street address: Yosemite Ave La Grange, CA USA County / Borough / Parish: Stanislaus Year listed: 1979 Historic (Areas of) Significance: Architecture/Engineering Periods of significance: 1925-1949, 1900-1924 Historic function: Industry/Processing/Extraction, Transportation Current function: Industry/Processing/Extraction, Transportation Privately owned?: yes Primary Web Site: [Web Link] Season start / Season finish: Not listed Hours of operation: Not listed Secondary Website 1: Not listed Secondary Website 2: Not listed National Historic Landmark Link: Not listed

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