photo and text © 2004 chadofborg@yahoo.com

This is the last remaining of eight shell-shaped gas stations from the 1930's in Winston-Salem, built when the Quality Oil Company began operations in North Carolina. It is not only the station itself, but also an advertisement for Shell--an example of a trend in architecture during that period. Note that "SHELL" is no longer written across the shell-shaped tops of the gas pumps.

The station is located at the corner of Peachtree and Sprague Streets. A renovation was done by Preservation North Carolina in 1996, and it is listed in the National Register of Historic Places. This is one of Winston-Salem's and the state's most beloved landmarks. Read more about it here.

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