Alright, read em and weep boys! I went on a two and a half hour safari looking for old gas stations / garage. As I stated before most of the old buildings have been repurposed into something else. Some are just shuttered. But look at the tell tale structures, the portico, the small office right out front next to the pumps, and they all have the cement island where the pumps stood. So here we go, historic downtown Avondale Az established in 1880,
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This was across the street, I just threw this in cause it's cool.
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From there I rode to Buckeye Az established 1888.
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This one you have to look through all the cars, it's a garage now but you can see the old service station in there
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Here is a Shell station still pumping gas, they have tacked on a bunch of cheesy looking buildings and shuttered the original office. It looks to be from the early 60's. Probably a Texaco station originally. My bike is at the pump on the right side.
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This one is really cool, and pretty old. It's now a U-Haul rental and they have added in to the original structure. Check out the Art Deco detail above the pumps. And the very small original one car garage behind the pumps. I think those pumps are more modern replacements for something very early.
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Anybody's guess what this was.
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Same with this one, turned into a convenience store, which is closed.
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Now my favorite, very very old. Outside of town on what was the old highway. Only had one pump and looked to have living quarters on the property behind. From the 30's? Maybe even the late 20's?
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So that was my morning. I began to realize it's pretty easy to spot old gas stations once you realize what you're looking for. It's funny I've ridden right past all these buildings in the past and never even noticed them.
Bob