DATABASE OF 1920s & 1930s GAS SERVICE STATIONS & GARAGES

Some of the earliest gas and auto stations were re-modeled blacksmith shops. Many blacksmiths transitioned into auto mechanics.

This is one of my favorite designs, as it includes the trapings of a gas service station but also a two bay garage with the long windowed doors.

This is another architectural favorite as it includes many windows as well as the slate roof and scalloped cedar shingle exterior.

This example has the interesting front overhang that could house some vintage gravity gas pumps from the Model T era as well as petroliana as all the photos taken of service stations in the past are filled with advertising. This structure with its industrial steel frame windows and the footprint of the structure here would both exhibition and work space for engine projects.