Mobil Gas Pumps - St. Albans, MO
Posted by: 
YoSam.
N 38° 34.819 W 090° 46.332
15S E 694054 N 4272558
Both Ethyl and regular are here at Heads Store.
Waymark Code: WMY8FC
Location: Missouri, United States
Date Posted: 05/10/2018
Views: 3
County of store: Franklin County
Location of store: St. Albans Rd. & Studio Rd., St. Albans
Built: 1892
Right after World War II, my family moved into a small little town (110 people) and the general store had one gas pump. Mobil Gas with the red Pegisus flying on the front.
Point being, the pump looked exactly like these pumps. These do not have the horse, but the rest is exactly the same...so....
The pumps are from early 1940s or late 1930s...since they were there in 1946.
Both pumps show no sale, the regular shows gas at 40¢ a gallon; the Ethyl pump showed 66¢ a gallon.
"The open wrap-around porch spans both the northeast and northwest elevations. It has a
concrete floor, simple square support posts, and exposed rafter ends. A prominent cross gable is
set into the porch roof above the corner entrance. That gable end is sheathed with weatherboards
and holds an early sign that reads "Head's Store". (The business has been Head's Store since 1941)
There are two smaller cross gables in the porch roof above secondary entrances as well; both of
those are near the ends of the porch. There is also a low wooden railing which runs along the
porch roof, between the cross gables. Parking areas for the store line both sides of the porch and a
pair of early gas pumps is located right in front of the entranceway. (See photo 9.) The pumps are
several decades old." ~ NRHP Nomination Form