Zillah, WA: 2012 Teapot Gas Station

2012 Location: (Satellite, it was moved in 2012 from the Yakima Valley Highway.)

1978 Location: (Satellite)

Eglet's Teapot Seedling Yard: (Satellite)

The glass-cylinder pump on the left was added after Sep 2012.

Street View, May 2025

Ron Morton Facebook Reel, the audio did not work for me
One of the coolest gas stations you'll ever see

George Vincent: The TeePot gas station was built to make fun of the congressmen that were involved in the Tee Pot Dome scandal in Wyoming. Google The TeePot Dome scandal for details.

The globes on the 1940s (my guess) pumps are blank, but this one is RED CROWN GASOLINE.

Same Reel

RoadsideAmerica
"According to local lore, the creator of this handle-and-spout station, Jack Ainsworth, came up with the idea of a giant teapot one night in 1922 when he was drinking moonshine, playing cards, and talking politics with some friends. 1922 was the year of the Teapot Dome Scandal, named for the Teapot Dome oilfields that had been illegally leased by the U.S. Secretary of the Interior in exchange for a $400,000 bribe. Although Zillah, Washington, was nowhere near Teapot Dome, Ainsworth thought it would be funny to build a service station -- whose products come from oil -- in the shape of a teapot."

The station pumped gas until 2006. [RoadsideAmerica]

PreserveWA

Before the 2012 move, it was moved in 1978 to make room for I-82.

TripAdvisor

TripAdvisor

I went back to 2008 and "cruised" Yakima Valley Hwy with Street View, but I could not find the station in its 1978 location.

The reason I was trying to find the 1978 location was to find this garden teapot.

Joshua Snyder Photography posted nine photos with the comment:

Did you know that Zillah, Washington has a second teapot? 

The owners, Kay and Richard Eglet, lived next to the historic Teapot Dome Service Station for many years when it was situated along the Yakima Valley Highway. In 2012, the service station was relocated to Stewart Park. The Eglet's missed the giant teapot and decided they could make one of their own. Now, it stands tall as a metal replica filled with flowers and other decorations to make a gazebo.

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[I'm guessing this is a horse-drawn planter.]

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[A manure spreader]

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This taught me that I did not "cruise" far enough east on the highway. I found it after I got this clue.

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Street View, May 2025

Jon-Erik Butcher commented on the reel
I like the teapot but nothing beats the shell station in my town.

Dennis DeBruler: Jon-Erik Butcher And what, pray tell, is your town?

Jon-Erik Butcher: Dennis DeBruler Winston Salem NC