A very old and long-closed cottage-style gas station building along Route 66 near Niangua, Missouri, earlier this month was being moved a few miles west to Marshfield, where it will restored and turned into a photo opportunity. The Webster County Route 66 Initiative reported that Gary Dill donated the building for the project. The building … Continue reading 1925 cottage-style gas station near Niangua being moved to Marshfield for photo-op
Tag: Phillips 66 cottage stations
Big Willy’s Hot Dogs stand in Chandler uses 1930 Phillips 66 gas station for indoor seating
Shortly before Christmas, the Big Willy's Hot Dogs trailer in Chandler, Oklahoma, announced it would use a famous 1930 Phillips 66 cottage-style gas station for indoor seating at the restaurant. Here's the announcement by the restaurant: Route 66 artist and author Jerry McClanahan, who lives in Chandler, stopped by that day to check it out: … Continue reading Big Willy’s Hot Dogs stand in Chandler uses 1930 Phillips 66 gas station for indoor seating
New owners get busy restoring landmark Phillips 66 cottage-style station in Chandler
The new owners of a Phillips 66 cottage-style gas station along Route 66 in Chandler, Oklahoma, have begun the restoration of the historic structure in earnest, including painstaking work on its multi-colored roof. Owners Shane and Sara Massie and others have posted photos on Facebook in the last two weeks of the work being done … Continue reading New owners get busy restoring landmark Phillips 66 cottage-style station in Chandler
The FourWay restaurant in Cuba has closed
The operator of the FourWay restaurant, housed in a vintage Phillips 66 gas station in Cuba, Missouri, announced last week it closed for good in late December after five years at a prominent corner of Route 66. Joan Patrice Weir posted this on Facebook with the announcement on Friday: https://www.facebook.com/fourway66/posts/2814134562167088 Weir elaborated a bit more … Continue reading The FourWay restaurant in Cuba has closed
Old Phillips 66 station in Chandler foreclosed; bank has the property for sale
A bank recently foreclosed the old cottage-style Phillips 66 gas station and an adjacent building along Route 66 in Chandler, Oklahoma, and both will be put up for sale -- preferably to someone who will preserve it. Danny Alsip, president of the BancFirst branch in Chandler, said during a telephone interview Thursday the property was … Continue reading Old Phillips 66 station in Chandler foreclosed; bank has the property for sale
Reporter wants to track down Phillips 66 cottage stations on OKC area
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 … Continue reading Reporter wants to track down Phillips 66 cottage stations on OKC area