Tag: Gas Station & Auto Repair

9 properties

  • A pair of turn-of-the-20th century buildings in use for commercial and automobile-related businesses with one being converted into apartments

    West Side | Built: Between 1908 and 1920

  • A wonderful meeting of Brutalist and roadside architecture in a striking circular floor plan that fit the location at the apex of Broadway and Atwells Avenue quite well.

    Downtown Providence | Built: 1968 | Demolition: 2003

  • Likely a former Phillips 66 Gas Station, this building went from tire shop to restaurant to convenience store

    Pawtucket, RI | Built: late 1950s/early 1960s

  • A pair of auto-centric businesses constructed as the “new” highway was carved through Providence in the 50s/60s.

    West Side | Built: circa 1960 | Demolition: 2012

  • Three underutilized commercial buildings have been considered one since the 1930s and may face the wrecking ball

    Jewelry District | Built: 1918, 1920–1926, 1926–1937

  • A sweet little simple Art Deco brick gas station in the middle of the Hope Street commercial district. Probably contaminated and hard to subdivide, so it came down.

    East Side | Built: 1940s | Demolition: 2002

  • A present-day example of early car service culture — white enamelled panels with bright green and red accents and an utilitarian design

    West Side | Built: circa 1930

  • A relatively low-slung and simple early 20th century former car repair garage in a residential portion off Broadway

    West Side | Built: circa 1919

  • A sweet and spare little gas and service station formerly on Eddy Street. Love the painted transom sign.

    South Providence | Built: 1940? | Demolition: 1985