New Ulm Oil Company Service Station, New Ulm, MN
**New Ulm Oil Company Service Station** - National Register of Historic Places Ref # 79001206, date listed 12/31/1979
Broadway and 5th Sts.
New Ulm, MN (Brown County)
The New Ulm Oil Company Service Station (1926) is built on a diagonal axis facing the intersection of Fifth North Street and Broadway in New Ulm. Two imposing copper-roofed towers, circular at the second level and octagonal at the first, are at either end of the main section of the structure.
The stations of this series projected strong fanciful visual images, incorporating such features as windmills and lighthouses. The stations appear to have been custom-designed for specific locations and for independent oil companies, in contrat to the numerous standard plans adopted by chains of stations. The New Ulm station is one of only two in the series known to survive with a high degree of integrity. (1)
References (1) NRHP Nomination Form s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg...
New Ulm Oil Company Service Station, New Ulm, MN
**New Ulm Oil Company Service Station** - National Register of Historic Places Ref # 79001206, date listed 12/31/1979
Broadway and 5th Sts.
New Ulm, MN (Brown County)
The New Ulm Oil Company Service Station (1926) is built on a diagonal axis facing the intersection of Fifth North Street and Broadway in New Ulm. Two imposing copper-roofed towers, circular at the second level and octagonal at the first, are at either end of the main section of the structure.
The stations of this series projected strong fanciful visual images, incorporating such features as windmills and lighthouses. The stations appear to have been custom-designed for specific locations and for independent oil companies, in contrat to the numerous standard plans adopted by chains of stations. The New Ulm station is one of only two in the series known to survive with a high degree of integrity. (1)
References (1) NRHP Nomination Form s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg...