Y Service Station and Cafe, Clinton, OK
**Y Service Station and Cafe** - National Register of Historic Places Ref # 04000523, date listed 5/27/2004
1733 Neptune Dr.
Clinton, OK (Custer County)
As the eastbound traveler approaches the Y Service Station and Cafe from the north, the building suddenly appears like a castle, rising above the open terrain and standing apart from the scattered buildings in the semi-rural area south of Clinton, Oklahoma. For six decades this striking building has appeared so. If anything, the dramatic bearing of the building is enhanced by the configuration of the roads next to it. Route 66, an extension of 10"’ Street as it leaves Clinton, becomes Walton Road, and then Neptune Drive. When it reaches this point, a Y in the road directs traffic to the west, Route 66, or to the south, U.S. Highway 183. The Y Station is located strategically in the Y so that traffic passes both to the east and west of it. The pump islands, no longer present, were located north and east of the station.
Built in the Mission Revival style in 1937, the parapet curves gracefully around the building slightly elevated at the comers, but at the northwest comer the piece of the parapet is missing where it originally rose to a pronounced height. The building is white stucco with blue metal tile mansard canopies, a flat roof, and coping of bricks in rowlock painted blue. (1)
References (1) NRHP Nomination Form s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg...
Y Service Station and Cafe, Clinton, OK
**Y Service Station and Cafe** - National Register of Historic Places Ref # 04000523, date listed 5/27/2004
1733 Neptune Dr.
Clinton, OK (Custer County)
As the eastbound traveler approaches the Y Service Station and Cafe from the north, the building suddenly appears like a castle, rising above the open terrain and standing apart from the scattered buildings in the semi-rural area south of Clinton, Oklahoma. For six decades this striking building has appeared so. If anything, the dramatic bearing of the building is enhanced by the configuration of the roads next to it. Route 66, an extension of 10"’ Street as it leaves Clinton, becomes Walton Road, and then Neptune Drive. When it reaches this point, a Y in the road directs traffic to the west, Route 66, or to the south, U.S. Highway 183. The Y Station is located strategically in the Y so that traffic passes both to the east and west of it. The pump islands, no longer present, were located north and east of the station.
Built in the Mission Revival style in 1937, the parapet curves gracefully around the building slightly elevated at the comers, but at the northwest comer the piece of the parapet is missing where it originally rose to a pronounced height. The building is white stucco with blue metal tile mansard canopies, a flat roof, and coping of bricks in rowlock painted blue. (1)
References (1) NRHP Nomination Form s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg...