Erle Koons’ Service station - Ann Arbor
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N 42° 16.781 W 083° 45.045
17T E 273181 N 4684494
Erle Koons' Service station as Liberty and 1st has enjoyed several rebirths. Formerly it was Painters Supply & Equipment, and currently is Pizza Pino.
Waymark Code: WM8A1T
Location: Michigan, United States
Date Posted: 02/25/2010
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The 1943 Polk City Directory at (
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lists Sperry's Service under the heading of Gasoline - Wholesale/Retail.
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 mentions Erle's here-
"Early Staebler gas stations were built in a Spanish style, complete with red tile roofs. Although obscured by later additions, the stations at the corner of Liberty and Ashley (now Dream On Futons) and Fourth and Detroit (now Argiero’s) still reveal traces of their original style. Other Mediterranean-style buildings included Erle Koons’s station on the southeast corner of Liberty and First (now Painters Supply & Equipment) and the stucco-and-tile Hunter station at Huron and First (now Fine Flowers)."