Route 66 - Super Service Station - Alanreed Texas
by Susan Rissi Tregoning
Title
Route 66 - Super Service Station - Alanreed Texas
Artist
Susan Rissi Tregoning
Medium
Photograph - Photography
Description
This old Route 66 Super Service Station on the corner of Main and 3rd Street was the busiest corner in downtown Alanreed, Texas, when Bradley Kiser built this station in 1930. It's the corner where the original 1926-36 alignment of Route 66 came through Alanreed and turned to the west. Back then, if you were headed west, Alanreed was the last safe stop before the dreaded Jericho Gap, the 18-mile section of dirt Route 66 notorious for its deep muddy ruts where cars commonly got stuck.
A later alignment of Route 66 ran straight along 3rd Street.
The architecture of this gas station is unique. It has a red Spanish-style ceramic tile hip roof and sand-colored brick, combining Craftsman-style architecture with Spanish Eclectic.
The Texas Historic Route 66 Association maintains the gas station.
Copyright 2021 Susan Rissi Tregoning
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December 31st, 2021
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