Windmill Quaker State

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Windmill Quaker State
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Location800 Murdoch Ave., Parkersburg, West Virginia
Coordinates 39°16′11″N81°33′31″W / 39.26972°N 81.55861°W / 39.26972; -81.55861
Arealess than one acre
Built1928
ArchitectGlen Reynolds; George Nichols
MPS Downtown Parkersburg MRA
NRHP reference No. 82001795 [1]
Added to NRHPOctober 8, 1982

Windmill Quaker State is a historic service station located at Parkersburg, Wood County, West Virginia. It was built in 1928 by the Quaker State Corporation, and is an example of an architectural folly. It is a roughcast stucco building with a windmill atop the gable roof. [2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982. [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. Eliza Smith, Christina Mann (December 1981). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Windmill Quaker State" (PDF). State of West Virginia, West Virginia Division of Culture and History, Historic Preservation. Retrieved 2011-09-10.