Parks Texaco - Newton, Iowa
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N 41° 41.961 W 093° 03.385
15T E 495305 N 4616397
This one-story, painted concrete block building is located at 301-303 1st Avenue West in Newton, Iowa.
Waymark Code: WM13G32
Location: Iowa, United States
Date Posted: 12/05/2020
Views: 3
My Commentary
This one-story, painted concrete block building has a central glass and metal door in the northern facade with a glass panel to the right for 301. The rest of the northern fenestration consists a display window on either side of the entry with two panes of glass with a vertical metal mullion. 303 consists of a wood door facing east and a large overhead door in the north facade. The cornice is painted stone. The building has a flat roof.
301 was the actual gas station. Gas pumps were probably parallel to both West 3rd South and to 1st Avenue West. 303 was the garage for repairs. The removal of the pumps out front was the remodel referred to by the NHRP application. The old signage has been removed - the only proof that this was an old gas station is by the architecture and by the National Register Application.
| National Register Building Details |
|
| ADDRESS |
RESOURCE NAME |
DATES |
STYLE |
STATUS |
| 301-303 1st Avenue West |
Parks Texaco |
c.1948 remodeled 1957 |
Commercial Modern |
C |
- National Register Application
| Architectual Style Details |
|
| STYLE |
SUB-STYLE |
RESOURCE |
ADDRESS |
DATE |
DEFINING DETAILS |
| Modern American Forms |
Commercial Modern |
Parks Texaco |
301-303 1st Avenue West |
c.1948 |
Geometrically derived forms,
clean lines, minimal ornament. |
- National Register Application