BREANNA MAXINE

Origin Story: The Winding Road of American Gas Station Design


Call it an architectural joyride: For more than a century, the roadside icons have mapped the country’s ever-evolving landscape, reflecting shifting tastes and new technologies.


Photographer: John Margolies
Publisher: Dwell
Format: Print, Digital
Date: 2024/11/01

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The Frank Lloyd Wright–designed R.W. Lindholm Service Station in Cloquet, Minnesota, made of Wright’s signature cement blocks, is still in operation. Photograph by John Margolies / Library of Congress
Texaco’s Hat n’ Boots gas station operated from the mid-1950s into the ’80s. Photograph by John Margolies / Library of Congress
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