Ellis Service Station Garage
National Register of Historic Places

Ellis Service Station Garage

Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee
Listed
April 14, 1991
Type
Building
Period
Civil War
Ref No.
91000436

About this property

The Ellis Service Station Garage, or Ellis Garage, at 2000 Old Murfreesboro Rd. in Nashville, Tennessee, was built in 1929. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1991. It was located in the community of Una which used to be about seven miles away from the city limits of Nashville, but has been absorbed into the growing city. It is a one-story 35 by 40 feet (11 m × 12 m) building which is significant architecturally as "a vernacular adaption of a gas station form known as the 'house with bays,' a building type defined by historical geographer John Jakle in his 1975 study of gasoline stations. Jakle's article, "The American Gasoline Station, 1920 to 1970," created a typology for gasoline station identification and analysis that has been generally accepted by geographers, historians, and preservationists ever since."

Location

2000 Old Murfreesboro Rd.
Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee
36.09722, -86.65374

Categories

COMMERCEARCHITECTURETRANSPORTATION
Sources

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

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When was Ellis Service Station Garage listed on the National Register?

Ellis Service Station Garage was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on April 14, 1991.

What type of historic resource is Ellis Service Station Garage?

Ellis Service Station Garage is classified as a building in the National Register of Historic Places.

What is the period of significance for Ellis Service Station Garage?

The period of significance for Ellis Service Station Garage is recorded as the civil_war era, specifically around 1929.

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