DeRoy Weber Gas Station - Kirkwood, MO
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YoSam.
N 38° 34.863 W 090° 24.479
15S E 725781 N 4273473
The Custard Station.....once served gas...
Waymark Code: WMZ2DZ
Location: Missouri, United States
Date Posted: 08/31/2018
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County of building: St. Louis County
Location of building: W. Argonne Dr., west end of Train Depot Parking Lot, Kirkwood
Built: 1925
Style: Tudor Revival
Original Occupant: Weber Gas Station
Current Occupant: The Custard Station
140 W. Argonne. DeRoy Weber Gas Station. 1925. Architect, unknown. Contractor, unknown. Contributing.
Addressed previously as 130 W. Argonne, the DeRoy Weber Gas Station is a small simplified
Tudor Revival gas station. The steeply gabled building has a curved end to the longer side of the
roof. The white painted brick walls have simple openings, an original horizontal panel door on
the side and an off-set end wall chimney on the façade, with and a nonhistoric canvas awning
wrapping around two sides of the building.
"140 W. Argonne. DeRoy Weber Gas Station. 1925. Architect, unknown. Contractor, unknown. Contributing.
DeRoy Weber had this Tudor Revival gas station constructed in 1925. By 1938 it was owned by
W. Oesch and in 1949 it became a Victory Cab Stand, remaining in this use at least through the
1950s. Today it serves as a frozen custard stand." ~ NRHP Nomination Form
"One of the most unusual buildings is the DeRoy
Weber gas station (140 W. Argonne); the small brick station is a modified and simplified Tudor
Revival gas station with a steeply gabled roof partly truncated by the chimney. Even a building
as atypical as the DeRoy Weber Gas Station still fits into the overall look and feel of the
Kirkwood Downtown Historic District as it grew from a small suburban commuter community
into a large and vibrant suburb in St. Louis County." ~ NRHP Nomination Form