Esso Standard Oil Service Station (Little Rock, Arkansas)

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Esso Standard Oil Service Station
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Location1600 West 3rd St., Little Rock, Arkansas
Coordinates 34°44′55″N92°17′21″W / 34.74861°N 92.28917°W / 34.74861; -92.28917 Coordinates: 34°44′55″N92°17′21″W / 34.74861°N 92.28917°W / 34.74861; -92.28917
Arealess than one acre
Built1957 (1957)
Architectural styleModerne
MPS Arkansas Highway History and Architecture MPS
NRHP reference No. 15000287 [1]
Added to NRHPJanuary 8, 2016

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. [2]

The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2016. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. "NRHP nomination for Esso Standard Oil Service Station" (PDF). Arkansas Preservation. Retrieved 2016-02-11.