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Office Building (Magnolia Petroleum Co. Station)

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1920, W. G. Clarkson and Company; later alterations. 901 S. Polk St.

The Magnolia Petroleum Company constructed gas stations in Dallas and other southwestern cities. Clarkson was responsible for at least one other such station in Fort Worth. The stations were designed to fit into the urban fabric by maintaining a consistent street line and by including offices on the second floor. The service bays and pump islands were set within this street facade and did not spatially erode the street corner. A Magnolia building (DS28) in Dallas carries identical second-floor detailing and cornice.

Writing Credits

Author: 
Gerald Moorhead et al.
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Citation

Gerald Moorhead et al., "Office Building (Magnolia Petroleum Co. Station)", [Amarillo, Texas], SAH Archipedia, eds. Gabrielle Esperdy and Karen Kingsley, Charlottesville: UVaP, 2012—, http://sah-archipedia.org/buildings/TX-02-AO15.

Print Source

Buildings of Texas

Buildings of Texas: East, North Central, Panhandle and South Plains, and West, Gerald Moorhead and contributors. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 2019, 341-341.

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