Wall Brothers Service Station
Covington, TN |
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Wall's Service Station is well-maintained and still sells gas. I believe this was originally a Gulf station.
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former Texaco Station
Cowan, TN |
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This former Cowan Texaco was built in 1936 and stopped selling gas around 1975. Around 2005, it was fully restored as a visitors center, library and café. The pumps were restored and topped with replica globes. For more, see these websites: 1, 2, and 3. [third photo thanks Michael C. R. Wall]
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former Texaco Station
Rogersville, TN |
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This former Texaco is now located at Memory Lane which is Otis Eldridge's collection of Americana. For more, see these websites: 1 and 2.
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former station
Crossville, TN |
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This colorful Crossville station is now vacant. The canopy appears to have been part of the original design. I'm about 97% certain that this was a Gulf. Above the bays would have been the station owner's name and on both sides of the office, the Gulf lettering.
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former Esso
Knoxville, TN |
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This Knoxville station no longer sells gas - it's now a repair shop and U-Haul rental center. This was the stock Esso design of the period. This station is very similar in design to Klanchar's station described above and was probably built around the same time. It most certainly had the "Esso Servicenter" lettering above the service bays, a clock where the pumpkin is, "Happy Motoring" sign on the side above the restrooms, and the name of the station owner on the front ledge over the office. Many of these stations had freestanding "Esso" signs on the roof above the office, too. A photo from 1950 of what appears to be this station reveals the owner's first name was Paul. The projecting restrooms and overhang look identical to the Wise, VA station (link above).
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former station
Knoxville, TN |
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This old Knoxville station is pretty much concealed behind its modern, free-standing canopy. The building is now vacant. The decapitated, projecting center post of the façade identifies it as a former Shell station.
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closed Phillips 66 station
Memphis, TN |
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This vacant Memphis station is a former Philips 66 double cantilevered canopy. Doubles were a frequent Phillips design on turnpikes in OK and KS where the wedges functioned as jet-age fueling ports for traffic moving in both directions. Very few of these buildings survive today. For more, see this website.
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former station
Memphis, TN |
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All that's left of this former station is the giant A-frame style canopy. It might have originally been a Texaco. For more, see this website.
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