F.W. Miller’s Texaco Station - Dripping Springs Downtown Historic District - Dripping Springs, TX
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WalksfarTX
N 30° 11.573 W 098° 05.414
14R E 587575 N 3340507
This small 1940 gas station building on Mercer Street has random ashlar limestone walls.
Waymark Code: WMY26A
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 04/05/2018
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Texas Historic Site Atlas
The building’s hipped roof has wide overhanging eaves and a buff brick chimney in its center. On the front elevation is a wood, single entry door with a partially-infilled transom. The entry is flanked by wide wood four-light windows, each with a two-light transom. Smaller divided-light windows are found on the side elevations. A flat-roofed wood and metal porte cochere canopy extends from the front façade at eave level. A small, carved limestone block on the front corner of the building reads “F.W. MILLER 1940.”
In 1940, F.W. Miller built this small stone building as a Texaco gas station. As a major oil company, Texaco stood to be competitive in the Dripping Springs market. Miller lived in nearby Kyle, Texas, and leased the building to local operators. In 1960, after Highway 290 siphoned off the Mercer Street business, the gas station closed. It has served many other uses since that time but has remained intact to its 1940 appearance, including its service station canopy, and is a contributing resource in the historic district.