Ambler-Becker Texaco - Dwight, Illinois - Route 66 T-Shirt

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The historic Ambler-Becker Texaco gas station is located along Route 66 in the Village of Dwight, Illinois.

The gas station built in 1933 by Jack Schore was a cottage-style station with wood clapboard siding and an arched roof. Residential windows with shutters and flower boxes underneath gave it a homey appearance, and a canopy extending out from the office sheltered the three Texaco gas pumps. Mr. Shore also had an ice house on the property at the time.

In 1936, Vernon Von Qualen leased the station, changing the name to Vernon’s Texaco Station. Over the next two years, Qualen purchased the station from Schore before selling it to Basil “Tubby” Ambler in 1938.

Tubby Ambler owned the station from 1938 to 1966, changing the name to Ambler Texaco. He added the concrete block service bays to the north side of the building in the early 1940s, following the national trend to provide a full-service garage.

Phil Becker, the last gas station owner, lived six...

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