Chauncey Stuhlmann Pure Oil Gas Station - Ann Arbor, Michigan - Vintage Gas Stations on Waymarking.com

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 Pure oil here-

"The major oil companies hired architects to design stations that could be replicated all over the country. In 1937 Walter Dorwin Teague created a rectangular green-and-white Texaco station with large glass windows that was heavily influenced by the International style. Texaco stations with Teague’s design soon became ubiquitous, and other companies followed suit with similar buildings, all with an art deco or streamline-moderne flavor.

Most of Ann Arbor’s remaining enameled stations have been covered up, but at the former Schneider’s Amoco (now Rainbow Creations) across from Michigan Stadium, the panels can still be seen beneath a coat of yellow paint. The distinctive square towers that once marked Pure Oil stations are easy to spot on Japanese Auto Professional Service at Main and Madison and Victory Lane Quick Oil Change at Packard and South Boulevard."

The Polk's city directory for 1947 lists this in the gasoline staions section: (visit link)

Address of the station: 563 S. Main Ann Arbor, MI USA 48103 Type of Gas Station: Reborn

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