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Wisconsin Gas Stations (page 4)

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former station
Stoddard, WI
This former station was built in 1933. The owner built most of the building by himself. The station sold Standard Oil originally. The service bays to the right were added later. Around 1990, the station became a tire shop. The building now houses Hood Scoops Ice Cream Shop. [map]

former station
Superior, WI
This former station was known as the M&C gas station. It was moved and is used as a welcome center at the University of Wisconsin. It now houses an Enterprise car rental office. [map]

former Skelly station [gone]
Superior, WI
This former Skelly station was built in the 1930s. In the 1980s, it became a Getty station. The diamond-shaped sign would have looked like this one. These photos are from 2011. The building was gone by 2017.

former station [gone]
Superior, WI
This former station was vacant when these photos were taken in 2011. By 2017, the building was gone.

Northwoods Petroleum Museum
Three Lakes, WI
The Northwoods Petroleum Museum houses the collection of Ed Jacobsen. It opened in 2006 and contains thousands of signs, globes and other gas station related items. For more, see this website. [map]

former Phillips 66 station
Waterford, WI
This former Phillips 66 station shares features with Pure Oil cottage stations. However, it was built as a Phillips 66 station in 1935. It became a Skelly station in 1937. Later, it was a White Flash station. The building housed Uncle Harry's Frozen Custard since 1985. It now houses Noble Brothers Waterford Creamery. [map]

former Bartles-Maguire station
Watertown, WI
This former Bartles-Maguire station has housed Zwieg's Grill since 1946. [map]

former station
Watertown, WI
This former station appears to be from the 1920s. I don't know if it was originally a Standard Oil station or if it's just dressed up like one. There were about a dozen cabins behind this station also owned by the Slight family. [map]

former Sinclair station
Watertown, WI
This former Sinclair station was built in 1927. The building housed Steamtech Carpet Cleaning when these photos were taken in 2011. By 2013, the building was vacant. [map]

former Bartles-Maguire station [gone]
Waukesha, WI
This former Bartles-Maguire station was built in 1929. Later, it housed a Wadhams station and then a Mobil station. The bay building on the right was added in 1939. In recent years, the building housed a fruit stand and a used car dealership. It had been vacant for a number of years. When threatened with demolition, there was a lot of community support to save it. However, the building was razed just a few months after these photos were taken in 2011.

former Sinclair station
Wautoma, WI
This former Sinclair station would have looked like this one originally. The building now houses Christianos Coffee Bar & Ice Cream. [map]

former station
Westby, WI
This former station in Westby now houses a tire shop and used car dealership. The roof flap over the door and flaring of the roof is similar to White Eagle stations. I don't know what brand was originally sold here. [map]

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