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 1950's Gulf Station - Webb City, Missouri Posted by:  iconions
N 37° 08.776 W 094° 27.827
15S E 370004 N 4112101
This one-story, painted, concrete block building is located at 112 W. Broadway Street in Webb City, Missouri.
Waymark Code: WM18RXQ
Location: Missouri, United States
Date Posted: 09/20/2023
Views: 1
My Commentary:
Building is in good shape. It is currently occupied by the Webb City Chamber of Commerce. The center is open 9-4 M-F.
History of Gas Station
1950s Gulf Service Station
At the intersection, on the SE corner, to your left, is an old service station that is now the "Route 66 Welcome Center" (112 W. Broadway and Webb).
This was until recently an abandoned gas and service station that had been built in the 1940s. It has been restored (and its leaking oil tanks and soil pollution remedied) and is now the Webb City Route 66 Welcome Center.
The office has a flat roof with angled (inward sloping) eaves. The building doesn't have a canopy. It has a stepped design (service area is higher than the office); two multi-window service bays. It has an angled dooway on the corner of the office a feature used by Sinclair (1950-60), Texaco (1930-60) and Gulf (1940-60). We believe that this was a Gulf station.
- The Route 66.com
Building Details:
112 W. Broadway Street
ca. 1950
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This is a one-story building with a Streamlined Moderne influenced rounded façade, a flat roof, and an irregular footprint. The building is located at the intersection of W. Broadway and N. Webb Streets; the façade fronts W. Broadway and the west elevation faces N. Webb to the north. The façade features a glass and wood paneled door located at the center of the curve wall surface. The door is flanked by narrow display windows followed by large display windows. Located at the easternmost end of the façade is a solid entrance door that provides access to a public restroom. Centered above the main entrance is a red sign “Route 66 Center.” A projecting curved roofline emphasis the curved façade. Connected to the south elevation is a square one-store section (originally housed a garage) that features a like-kind replacement of two multi-light garage doors. The building has recently been renovated to house the Route 66 Center and the Chamber of Commerce. Originally, the building housed a gas station and a garage.
- National Register Application
Address of the station:
112 W. Broadway Street
Webb City, MO USA
64870
Type of Gas Station: Reborn
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