Thursday, May 21, 2026

Hickory Corners, MI: Gilmore Car Museum: Old Gas Station, Depot, Interlocking Tower and Much More

Gas Station: (Satellite)
Museum: (Satellite)
Depot: (Satellite)
Tower: (Satellite)

"Gilmore Car Museum is considered the largest auto museum in North America." Donald S. Gilmore opened the museum on July 31, 1966, with 35 cars on display. [CountryLines]

Blue Fire Media, Mar 2018

That is three generations of pump design.
Blue Fire Media, Mar 2018

John Meconi posted
Gilmore Car Museum - Michigan

Greg Galeles commented on John's post
Rare gathering of Madura V-4s at the Gilmore Car Museum

The main building.
Street View, May 2025

The museum campus has several other buildings, some are for partner museums.
Satellite

I checked 1918 and 1947 maps to determine that a railroad did not go through here. Then I found the Flickr photo below that described the depot as a replica.
Blue Fire Media, Mar 2018

Steve Brown Flickr
Hickory Creek Depot - the Gilmore Car Museum
The Gilmore Car Museum at Hickory Corners, Michigan has this replica of a small-town railroad station. The station houses the museum's hood ornament collection. I got this shot on the afternoon of June 28, 2012, during the Pierce-Arrow Society's national meet.

Steve commented on his Flickr photo
The backside of the station is just as beautiful:

This is the Model A Ford Museum. It showed me that the special car collection buildings have the architecture of an old car dealer. I noted this "dealership" because it features a couple of glass-cylinder gas pumps.
Dmitry Loktev, Oct 2019

Is this THAT or GULF gasolene. Also, note the prominent location of the air hose. Tires were not as good in the 1920s as they are in the 21st Century.
Digitally Zoomed

Is THAT a regional dealer that carried Gulf gasoline?
Charlie Chapman, Nov 2021

Diners must have been an East Coast thing. I've never seen any in the Midwest.
Tycho Aussie, Jan 2020

" Dine in a different era at George & Sally’s Blue Moon Diner, an authentic and fully operational 1941 diner serving classic American fare."  [CountryLines]

Looks like the Pierce-Arrow Museum had a special gathering.
Photo, Jan 2022

GilmoreCarMuseum

The "dealership buildings" are partner museums. [partner-museums via about]

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