Gander & Pfeiffer Skelly Station - Boonville, MO
Posted by: 
YoSam.
N 38° 58.349 W 092° 44.588
15S E 522251 N 4313754
The auto sales began when the gas station closed, then it closed, and the trailer is now gone.
Waymark Code: WM16XAH
Location: Missouri, United States
Date Posted: 10/23/2022
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County of station: Cooper County
Location of station: Main St & Center St., Boonville
Built: 1920s
"Built: 1920s
Style/Design: Vernacular-Commercial
A large 2 story brick dwelling, centrally located on the ¾ block retained this area as yard space until the 1920's when the filling station was built on this corner.
The dwelling was the residence of Nathaniel Mack, a merchant and developer of Mack's Addition to the City of Boonville (1842).
"The primary E façade has 3 large overhead doors to the N, and a large office area with entrance and display window which wrap around the SE corner as the S bays. Over the S bays is a metal canopy which extends to the gas pumps. Associated with the lot is a small metal trailer to the W of the station. It has an entrance and frame porch to the E and large windows S. This is used as the office for the auto sales.
"The station is on the NW corner of Main & Center Streets
facing E. Concrete drives are to the E, a gravel parking area is to the SW, and a large advertising sign is along Main Street." ~ Boonville Historic Survey PDF pages 2012-2014