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Teepee Gas Stations & Restaurants (page 2)

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Walls Bakery [gone]
Waldorf, MD
Walls Bakery occupied this building from 1969 until 2005. The building originally housed the Wigwam, a restaurant and gambling casino with slot machines. It was built in the late 1940s. At that time, Waldorf was a mini Las Vegas with motels, nightclubs, etc. The teepee part of the Wigwam was once used as a BBQ pit with a ventilation pipe coming out at the top. When Walls Bakery moved in, the store continued to sell Native American souvenirs and other gifts. In 1990, the neon sign was knocked over in a thunderstorm. It was repaired in the late 1990s. When Walls Bakery relocated in 2005, the building and sign were abandoned. The building was boarded up in 2010 (bottom photo) and the totem pole was gone. By 2011, the building was demolished but the sign remained. For more, see these websites: 1, 2, 3, and 4.

The Wigwams (now Jasper Historical Museum)
Jasper, NY
The Wigwams Free Museum and Restaurant used to have Gulf pumps out front. It currently serves as the Jasper Historical Museum. It is not known when it was built.

Mi Cabana Restaurant
Tucson, AZ
Mi Cabana features Mexican food and a teepee on its roof. Thre is also a teepee incorporated into its fence. For more, see this website.

Kramer's Wigwam
Browning, MT
Kramer's Wigwam was built as a gas station and café in the 1930s. There was an apartment on the second floor. It was a Conoco station and later a Standard Oil station. The business was later named the Wigwam Café. It operated until the 1960s. In 1973, the building was moved during highway expansion. In 1988, it reopened as an art gallery. Since 1998, it has housed Big Lodge Espresso. For more, see these websites: 1, 2, and 3. [third photo thanks Mack Lundy Jr, USAF retired]

former gas station
Hilltop, KY		 former gas station
Allentown, AZ
This former Hilltop station used this metal teepee as the station's attendant's booth. It was part of a truck stop which included a restaurant and this gas station. The buildings were constructed in the 1930s. There is nothing left of the station now other than this teepee but the former restaurant remains. The teepee once was decorated with neon and painted triangles. The paper signs on the teepee which advertise for the Finch Oil Company were added recently. The original owner built two of these teepees. All that remains of the other one which is located on Route 36 is the lower half.

The former Allentown gas station is just off I-40 and was known at one time as the Indian City Exxon. It is now vacant and stands next to Armand Ortega's Indian City, a giant souvenir and Indian arts/crafts shop. For more, see these websites: 1 and 2.

Geronimo's Castle [closed]
Bowie, AZ
Geronimo's Castle was built in the 1940s. The building has been used as a Greyhound Bus Depot, curio shop, gas station, and restaurant. It was supposedly built where Chief Geronimo of the Apaches was captured. The postcard invited tourists to "stop in for a bottle of beer!". It is now simply named "The Teepee". It was a bar and grill for many years but it closed in 2004 and has remained vacant ever since. For more, see these websites: 1, 2, and 3.

Wigwam Service Station [gone]
Weyauwega, WI
Nothing is known about the Wigwam Service Station. It probably contained a café like Kramer's and Geronimo's.

Cherokee Restaurant
Muskegon, MI
The Cherokee Restaurant opened in 1969 and is still in operation.

The Big Tepee
Pocahontas, MS
The Big Tepee was previously known as Big D's BBQ. In 2010, it had been closed for remodeling for at least a year. The restaurant opened in the 1980s but I believe the teepee was added later. It is built of monolithic dome type material.

TePee Tim's BBQ [gone]
New Stanton, PA
TePee Tim's BBQ had a 40 foot tall canvas structure. It was built in 2005 and used as a restaurant. Smoke billowing from the top was visible from the nearby interstate. By 2010, it was gone. For more, see this website.

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