Esso Standard Oil Service Station
National Register of Historic Places

Esso Standard Oil Service Station

Little Rock, Pulaski County, Arkansas
Listed
January 8, 2016
Type
Building
Period
Colonial
Ref No.
15000287

About this property

The Esso Standard Oil Service Station is a former automobile service station at 1600 West 3rd Street in Little Rock, Arkansas. It is a single story rectangular building, built out of concrete blocks and finished with a baked enamel on steel exterior. It has three service bays on the left side, with original overhead glass-paned doors, and an office and sales space on the right side. The right side has a short canopy protruding from it, also built of concrete with a baked enamel finish. Built in 1957, it is a rare mid-century service station in the city. The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2016.

Location

1600 W. 3rd St.
Little Rock, Pulaski County, Arkansas
34.74877, -92.28914

Categories

ARCHITECTURE
Sources

Property data from the National Register of Historic Places, National Park Service (public domain).

Description adapted from Wikipedia under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.

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When was Esso Standard Oil Service Station listed on the National Register?

Esso Standard Oil Service Station was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on January 8, 2016.

What type of historic resource is Esso Standard Oil Service Station?

Esso Standard Oil Service Station is classified as a building in the National Register of Historic Places.

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The period of significance for Esso Standard Oil Service Station is recorded as the colonial era, specifically around 1600.

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