Picking back up with the “M” states — this former station in Salisbury, MO was looking shabby in 2010:

and this is what it looked like in June:

This former Pan-Am station in Prentiss, MS is gone now – replaced with a new supermarket:

This former station in Lexington, MS:

… has been renovated for Holmes County:

This former Texaco in La Grande, OR was restored in 2008 and began selling full-service gas from vintage pumps. The pumps were removed in 2018:

And now, the building is housing The Local, an ice cream and coffee shop:

This former Flying A station in Portland, OR is gone now:

The former Phillips 66 in Ashland, OR has been vacant for many years. The new StreetView shows it being restored:

Sure enough, it opened as a Kingston Cannabis in April. Photo from an Ashland news article:

The former Standard Oil Red Crown station in Lafayette, IN has been renovated as a 24-hour library. Here’s one of my photos from when it was a Standard Oil museum:

From StreetView a couple of months ago:

And from the library’s website — vending machines for books — who knew!

This Red Crown in Galesburg, IL is now housing Sprinkle & Spoon:

Please somebody, save me! This former Pure Oil in Welch, WV, vacant since forever, is apparently missing the roof in back over the bays on the right:

This former Esso station in Lynchburg, VA was vacant for many years. Then, in 2016, it was remodeled for Fifth & Federal Station, a bar & restaurant. But then, during a riot in 2020, the place was badly damaged (there are articles online about the facemask incident & all that…). Anyhow, they replaced all the windows and got the place back in operation but then gave up last year. And so it sits:

This former Pure Oil station in Enfield, NC has been restored and reopened this summer as an interior design store:

I never got a chance to shoot this Matawan Texaco station in Madison, WI which last housed a Michael’s Frozen Custard. There’s now a giant apartment building there:

WTF? This former station in Ralston, OK recently had a water and ice vending machine built into the left half of the building. Why…..?

I can’t say I’m surprised by this one. This former Conoco cottage station in Altus, OK is gone now:

Fingers crossed — the most recent Street View shows the long closed Conoco station in Buffalo, OK getting some work done:

This former cottage station in Tulsa, OK…:

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… has been fixed up and now houses Chacuteray (cheese & charcuterie):

This former cottage station in Tulsa, OK is gone now:

The Threatt Filling Station in Luther, OK was restored earlier this year:

This former Sinclair station in Italy, TX has been restored and houses the Station Cafe. The pole sign reads “Enco Service Station” and there’s that Esso sign on the canopy but I doubt this station was ever operating as those brands:

This former restaurant with an attached streetcar in Gordon, TX has been abandoned for years:

The latest StreetView from June shows that something is going down. Despite much searching at Google, I couldn’t find out what the plans are:

This double canopy former Conoco station in Corpus Christi, TX will be remodeled as a pizza and ice cream shop this year:

That’s a wrap for the Gas Stations section. Be back soon with a some “news” from the Signs section.

Happy trails,
dj & the dogs

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