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Illinois Canopy Gas Stations (page 2)

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former station
Kankakee, IL
This former station was a Phillips 66 at some point. The building now houses a tire shop. [map]

former station
Knoxville, IL
This former station is a bit of fantasy piece "restoration". Around 2015, the owner took an oblong building that previously housed a gas station and turned it into this creation. He added a canopy, bricks, and signs based on a 1924 photo of People's Oil station and the owner's memories of a Shell station in Knoxville in the 1950s and 1960s. The owner used the buildings as a workshop. [map]

former station
Lincoln, IL
This former station now houses Route 66 Corner Garage Antiques & Collectibles. [map]

former Shell station
Mount Olive, IL

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This former Shell station was built in 1926 by Henry Soulsby. The building was enlarged in 1937 to include a TV repair business. The station closed in 1991. The office is now a mini museum with Route 66 and Shell memorabilia. The sign was either repaired and repainted or the panels replaced around 2016. For more, see this website. [map]

Sprague's Super Service
Normal, IL

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2024:
Sprague's Super Service was built in 1931 by William W. Sprague. The ground floor was used as a restaurant, a Cities Service gas station, and garage. The second floor had two apartments: one for the owner and one for the attendant. Additions were made in 1948 and 1967. The pumps were removed around 1979. The building housed several cafe and auto-related businesses over the years. It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Restoration work began in 2009. In 2017, the building began housing Ryburn Place, a Route 66 information center and gift shop. Replica Cities Service gas pumps were installed. [map]

former station
Normal, IL
This former station in Normal was built by 1930 when it was known as Doc's Garage. By 1940, it housed a Royal Crown Bottling Co. [map]

Odell Standard Station
Odell, IL
The Odell Standard Station was built in 1932. It later housed as a Phillips 66 and a Sinclair station after that. It was last used as a gas station in 1967. It was a body shop until 1975 and then abandoned. It was restored in 1999 as a visitors center and gift shop. For more, see this website. [map]

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