Iam fascinated by the old time gas stations-in those days, the oil companies made an effort to make their service stations beautiful. Here in the NE, very few decorative stations survive-most of the nice ones have been converted to coffe shops, restaurants, etc.
My question; were any stations built in the Art Deco style? Where are they?
Wawa gas station in Wildwood, NJ.
http://www.lynchmartinez.com/project/img_1/2/large/wawa-doowop_1.jpg
And if you go to Cloquet, Minnesota, you can see a Frank Lloyd Wright gas station
Lebanon, Ohio, has both a vintage Texaco station and a (rather tiny) vintage Shell station.
Main Street Station might be art deco. It was built in the 30’s…
Great examples of vintage gas stations posted so far, but IMO, none of them would truly qualify as Art Deco (not surprising, when you consider that the golden era of automobiles in the US post-dates the Deco period by about 20-30 years).
Toronto did have an amazing Art Deco auto repair shop in a formerly industrial (but now rapidly gentrifying) area of the city. Sadly, like many of the older buildings in the area, it’s been torn down to make way for yet another condo. God forbid we preserve anything unique or beautiful about our downtown core when we can replace all of it with shiny glass and steel towers. 
Looks like Wisconsin is a good place to go for funky old gas stations.
This one in Michigan looks art deco.
And check out this one in Shamrock, Texas.
Hmm. Turns out it has a Wikipedia entry (with better pictures).
Also, a lot of Texacos were built in this style.
These stations are neat! I’ll have to go there, someday!
I was literally there yesterday, and took some photos. Fun!
It’s not Art Deco, but this restored Standard station is only a few blocks down the street from my apartment.
There’s one in Louisville, KY at the corner of 3d and Hill, but it hasn’t been a gas station for decades. Cool building, though.
I don’t know about Art Deco, but my borough (actually the ritzy Nuns’ Island neighbourhood - I live in the substantially less ritzy “mainland” part on the Island of Montreal) is home to… drumroll… the world’s only gas station by Mies van der Rohe.
I’m not joking. Until recently it was a functioning Esso station, although it’s since been closed. There are some plans to turn it into some sort of cultural centre.
IIRC it was part of a nearby development by Mies, and was one of the last buildings he designed before he died.