
'Enco' Tramway Gas Station - Palm Springs CA
Posted by:
PeterNoG
N 33° 51.505 W 116° 33.480
11S E 540885 N 3746545
The former 'Enco' Tramway Gas Station, now the Palm Springs Visitors Center, is on North Palm Canyon Drive (Highway 111) at Tramway Road in Palm Springs, California.
Waymark Code: WMGPGR
Location: California, United States
Date Posted: 03/28/2013
Views: 7
This Vintage Gas Station is a Designated Class 1 Historic Site in Palm Springs.
~ text from the plaque on the south side of the building ~Tramway Gas Station
Built in 1965
Designed by
Albert Frey and Robson Chambers
Conceived by developer Culver Nichols as
an entry statement to Palm Springs, the roof
is a hyperbolic paraboloid of steel I-beams
and corrugated metal roofing supported by
steel tubular pillars. Albert Frey was
consulted in its 1998-1999 adaptive reuse
as a sculpture gallery.
Historic site Preservation Board #33
For more info on this historic site and an early picture,
visit link.