This filling station architecture with two service bays was common in the 1950s and 60. I did not realize that it was developed during WWII. Not many filling stations were built during the war. The pumps do look older than the 1950s and 60s.
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| Michael Brandt posted The Phillips 66 gas station at 138th and Indiana Ave. The building still stands there to this day. |
When I read the comment about it still standing, I did a quick look at the intersection on a satellite map, but I could not find it. But then when I saw the address on the photo, I found the building surrounded by vegetation. That is when it occurred to me to try the timeline feature of the Street View function of Google Maps. Aug 2007 is the oldest image I could find. I saved Aug 2011 because it had less vegetation.
It is rather obvious that the high-bay in the back was added to the standard design. The two little blocked up doors on the side were probably for the Men and Women restrooms. Back then, they were on the outside. Sometimes they were ignored by the station operator and they would get filthy. In fact, in the 1960s you would see signs advertising clean restrooms. (You would also see motels advertise color TV.)
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| Street View, Aug 2011 |
In less than a year, the remaining openings, except for the entrance door, have been boarded up.
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| Street View, Apr 2012 |
The vegetation was still cut by Sep 2014. But by the next available photo, Aug 2018, they no longer bothered to control the vegetation.
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| Street View, Aug 2018 |
So now it is a testament to the resiliency of nature.
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| Street View, Jul 2022 |
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