St. Johns Signal Tower Gas Station | |
Location | 8302 N. Lombard St. Portland, Oregon |
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Coordinates | 45°35′21″N122°45′08″W / 45.589200°N 122.752275°W |
Area | 0.6 acres (0.24 ha) |
Built | 1939 |
Architect | Ray F. Becker |
Architectural style | Moderne |
NRHP reference No. | 03001186 [1] |
Added to NRHP | November 21, 2003 |
The St. Johns Signal Tower Gas Station, located in the St. Johns neighborhood of north Portland, Oregon, is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. [2] It was built and opened in 1939 as a gas station for the Signal Oil Company. It was in operation as a gas station until 1984, but changed brand from Signal Gas to Hellman's Golden Eagle Gas Station in 1954 and, in turn, became a Chevron station in 1965. In 1984, it was converted into a florist shop, the gasoline tanks being decommissioned at that time and filled with concrete, and it functioned in that capacity until 2002. [3] The structure was added to the National Register in 2003. [2] [3]
In 2006, the building was converted into a restaurant, Signal Station Pizza, and it was still in use by the same business in 2024. [4]
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