Avant's Cities Service Station - El Reno, OK
Posted by: hamquilter
N 35° 31.898 W 097° 57.306
14S E 594729 N 3932503
After construction of Route 66, service stations popped up all along the route. This Cities Service station arrived in 1933.
Waymark Code: WMWNQ6
Location: Oklahoma, United States
Date Posted: 09/23/2017
Views: 1
This one-story concrete service station was built in the common Art Modern/Art Deco style used by the Cities Service Company. The station was placed on the National Register in 2004. Today it is occupied by WBC Rental Center.
The original station consisted of the portion to the south This area contained the office and a service bay at its north end. The office had a central bay which was slightly projected and rose to a decorative parapet in the Art Modern style. This area, with its one service bay formed an L-shaped building.
In a later year, the service bay became part of the office, with the overhead door filled to include a window and pedestrian door. The centered door of the office area was filled and became a window, flanked by the original metal-framed windows. After World War II, two additional service bays were added to the north. Each were separated by pilasters and retained the style of the original building. Each of those wood overhead doors is intact.
The National Register nomination form linked below gives a full history of the importance of these service stations along Route 66, and has photos of the station in 1946 when still in operation.
Street address: 220 S. Choctaw El Reno, OK US 73036
County / Borough / Parish: Canadian County
Year listed: 2004
Historic (Areas of) Significance: Event, Architecture-Engineering
Periods of significance: 1950-1974; 1925-1949
Historic function: Commerce/Trade
Current function: Commerce/Trade
Privately owned?: yes
Primary Web Site: [Web Link]
Secondary Website 1: [Web Link]
Secondary Website 2: [Web Link]
Season start / Season finish: Not listed
Hours of operation: Not listed
National Historic Landmark Link: Not listed
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