Garden of Eden Station

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Garden of Eden Station
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Location Junction of MO 13 and County Road 215NW, near Warrensburg, Missouri
Coordinates 38°47′29″N93°44′31″W / 38.79139°N 93.74194°W / 38.79139; -93.74194 Coordinates: 38°47′29″N93°44′31″W / 38.79139°N 93.74194°W / 38.79139; -93.74194
Area less than one acre
Built c. 1928 (1928)
Built by Pickel, Bernard (Ben)
NRHP reference # 94000313 [1]
Added to NRHP April 8, 1994

Garden of Eden Station, also known as Pickel's Station and McBride's Station, is a historic gas station located near Warrensburg, Johnson County, Missouri. It was built about 1928, and is a small, relatively unaltered rural gas station constructed of coursed sandstone blocks. [2] :5

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References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service.
  2. Roger Maserang (September 1993). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Garden of Eden Station" (PDF). Missouri Department of Natural Resources. Retrieved 2017-01-01. (includes 10 photographs from 1993)