Teapot Dome Service Station
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The Teapot Dome Service Station is a former gas station built in the shape of a teapot located in Zillah, Washington, United States, that is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Located at 117 First Avenue, the station is an example of novelty architecture. It was intended as a reminder of the Teapot Dome Scandal that rocked the presidency of Warren G. Harding and sent Interior Secretary Albert Fall to prison for his role in leasing government oil reserves in, among other places, Teapot Dome, Wyoming. The station was built in 1922 on what later became U.S. Route 12. The building has a circular frame with a conical roof, sheet metal "handle", and a concrete "spout". Many such novelties were constructed as roadside attractions as the national highway system in the United States expanded during the 1920s and 1930s. The unique service station continued operation as a full-service gas station for some years. When Interstate 82 was constructed near Zillah in 1978 the station was relocated less than a mile down the Yakima Valley Highway. After the gas station was closed in 2006, it was purchased by the city the following year, rehabilitated, and relocated in 2012 to 117 First Avenue. It now serves as Zillah's visitors center. National Register of Historic Places listings in Yakima County, Washington Airplane Service Station, 1930 station built in the shape of an airplane, Tennessee Shell Service Station, 1930 station built in the shape of a scallop shell, North Carolina Teapot information – City of Zillah Archived August 5, 2014, at the Wayback Machine “Roadside Attractions”, a National Park Service Teaching with Historic Places (TwHP) lesson plan
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When was Teapot Dome Service Station listed on the National Register?
Teapot Dome Service Station was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on August 28, 1985.
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Teapot Dome Service Station is classified as a building in the National Register of Historic Places.
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The period of significance for Teapot Dome Service Station is recorded as the industrial era.
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