Ghost garages that are still standing>>>>

[tiger.1000]

Wonder if you guys across the pond can come up with any photos of redundant and disused garages with petrol pumps
that are still standing?

This one is at Dane End, Near Ware in Hertfordshire,U.K.

It was both the blacksmith's forge AND the filling station....
clearly no fire risk !

The building is "listed".....being of both historical and architectural significance and any proposed use must retain both the fabric and character of the building.

I believe it's for sale for a reasonable £300,000 ! with barely enough land to swing a cat on ! But this is the U.K.

[tiger.1000]

Correction......$US300,000.00

[texas webb]

Nice old filling station,have'nt heard that term in awhile.Seems like a high price.

[tiger.1000]

Texas......I don't disagree with you regarding the price ! Advertised in our local newspaper is a "parking space" for a car.......$US36,000 ! We are in the provinces and not central London where a parking space may sell for that x 10 !

[TonyM]

In US, old style underground tanks/pumps not in use must be removed.
They are a danger to ground water and soil.

[Old Henry]

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Here's one in Elberta, UT



Pleasant Grove, UT



Spring City, UT



Lake City, UT Not really a ghost. Still in use but quaint.



Junction, UT

[Seth Swoboda]

Nice photos guys. I love these old service stations. Keep them coming please.

[texas webb]

Prof.Henry,you sure find some nice sites.Always enjoy,thanx.

[tiger.1000]

Wow ! Brilliant photos and locations !

[Tinker]

I'd like to have that one in Junction, UT in my back yard!

[FLA48]

The city fathers here in Conroe, Texas chose to have the the old Magnolia station at hwy's 105 and 75 destroyed about a year and a half ago. It was really neat, but they declared it an eye sore. The only good thing to come from this act is that they did save the old large flying horse sign and moved it to the local "Historical Museum." What a waste of a neat historical site that was still in good repair.

[flatford8]

There's an old station in Lyman, Maine where I live . I remember my father getting a dollars worth of gas there and driving his car for a couple of days. I wish I would have taken a picture how year ago. Someone has bought it and they're fixing it up now.

[Seth Swoboda]

In Nashville, Illinois where I live there are several old service stations still standing that have been converted to other businesses. One of them is now a tavern, another is a dentist office, one was recently converted to a liquor store/smoke shop and one is owned for storage and private garage. A shell station is now a chiropractors office. Some of the stations still retain their original look and the others have been remodeled with siding and new roofs.

[34pickup]

Town of New Market ,North Alabama

[blucar]

I have a habit of keeping my eyes pealed for old gas stations and garages..
The first pix I have attached is of an old log building in Howe ID that dates back to the early 1920's.. It was a gas station and auto repair business for many years. It's last use was as an antique store in the late '80's.
About two years ago, except for the log building, a post office, a school, church and a couple of secondary buildings, the whole town burnt to the ground..
The second pix is of the side of a building in Lewistown, MT.. The sign greets people coming into town from the west, just before you cross the Burlington Northern RR tracts, that are no longer there...

[FRANK PKNY]

When I worked for the CIA back in the early 60's in east hartford Ct. there were lots of old stations there. I remember buying gas for 19.9 cents a gallon ! Diesel was 14.9. Boy have things changed.