A reporter for The Oklahoman newspaper in Oklahoma City wants to track down all of the old Phillips 66 cottage-style gas stations in the Oklahoma City metro area.
Business writer Brianna Bailey wrote about that quest during a recent column:
With their jaunty gabled roofs, chimneys, and arched entryways, there’s something that draws me to Oklahoma City’s old Phillip 66 gas stations.
In this era of synthetic stucco and LED signs, they just don’t build gas stations like they used to — out of brick, patterned after the cottages of the English countryside.
I know there must be more Phillips 66 cottages in the metro that just have not been rediscovered yet. These buildings are pretty distinctive if you take a closer look. Some of the little chimneys still carry the Phillips Petroleum “P”, although it’s often been painted over […].
Many still have the original transom windows and multicolored roof tiles.
Bailey said she’s found four so far — two on Robinson Avenue, which is old U.S. 62. One is now an auto repair shop, and the other delivers pizza.
One is on Northwest 23rd Street, which is Route 66, and is vacant after once being occupied by Market C catering (pictured above). One in the suburb of Norman, Oklahoma, which now is Ellison Feed & Seed.
The Roadside Architecture site has a section dedicated to all Phillips 66 stations in Oklahoma, including newer structures in Edmond, Oklahoma, and a residence in Arcadia, Oklahoma, that happens to be where Route 66 historian Jim Ross lives.
Bailey didn’t specify what the OKC metro area is, but Wikipedia includes Bethany, Choctaw, Del City, Edmond, El Reno, Midwest City, Moore, Mustang, Newcastle, Nichols Hills, Norman, Piedmont, The Village, Warr Acres and Yukon.
If you know of other Phillips 66 cottage stations not mentioned here in that are, Bailey can be emailed at bbailey(at)oklahoman(dot)com or contacted through her Twitter account.