FIRST - Phillips 66 Gas Station in Texas - Mclean, Texas.
N 35° 13.960 W 100° 36.123
14S E 354218 N 3900021
This Dolls House size Phillips Gas Station, is a triple FIRST, in 1929 became the first Phillips Petroleum Retail Outlet in Texas.
In 1992 it became the FIRST restored station on old Route 66. Located on FIRST Street, McLean, Texas.
Waymark Code: WMRTHD
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 08/03/2016
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A 1928 cottage style Phillips 66, Gas station, closed in 1970, restored in 1992 by the Old Route 66 Association of Texas. The first Gas station for Phillips Petroleum in Texas. The tiny gas station is located on the Westbound alignment of Old Route 66.
"This vintage 1928 gas service station, designed in “Cottage Fashion” and often called a “Doll House” was started in 1927 after Congress authorized a coast-to-coast highway called Route 66. Finished in 1928, the station operated under different owners and brands of products until the Interstate system came into being.
Company records show this station was the first Phillips Petroleum Company retail outlet built outside Oklahoma at the time. Renovated in 1992 by local citizens under the auspices of the Old Route 66 Association of Texas, this now famous Route 66 Icon is the most photographed property all along Route 66. The site is owned and maintained by the Texas Route 66 Association." Text source: (
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Address:
First St (Route 66)
Westbound
McLean, Texas USA.
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