Windmill Quaker State
Windmill Quaker State | |
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| Location | 800 Murdoch Ave., Parkersburg, West Virginia |
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| Coordinates | 39°16′11″N 81°33′31″W / 39.26972°N 81.55861°W |
| Area | less than one acre |
| Built | 1928 |
| Architect | Glen Reynolds; George Nichols |
| MPS | Downtown Parkersburg MRA |
| NRHP reference No. | 82001795[1] |
| Added to NRHP | October 8, 1982 |
Windmill Quaker State is a historic service station located at Parkersburg, Wood County, West Virginia. It was built in 1928 by the Quaker State Corporation, and is an example of an architectural folly. It is a roughcast stucco building with a windmill atop the gable roof.[2]
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.[1]
See also[edit]
- Cambern Dutch Shop Windmill: on the NRHP in Washington (state)
References[edit]
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ Eliza Smith, Christina Mann (December 1981). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Windmill Quaker State" (PDF). State of West Virginia, West Virginia Division of Culture and History, Historic Preservation. Retrieved 2011-09-10.
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- Buildings and structures in Parkersburg, West Virginia
- Transportation buildings and structures on the National Register of Historic Places in West Virginia
- Folly buildings on the National Register of Historic Places
- Commercial buildings completed in 1928
- National Register of Historic Places in Wood County, West Virginia
- Gas stations on the National Register of Historic Places in West Virginia
- 1928 establishments in West Virginia
- Shell plc buildings and structures
- Windmills on the National Register of Historic Places
- Mid-Ohio Valley, West Virginia Registered Historic Place stubs