The Auto Fountain 4--Oriel Window
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[A series of 7 photos] Built circa 1931 or 1935, The Auto Fountain in Elizabeth City, North Carolina was a Tudor Revival-style gas station built for the Colonial Oil Company of Norfolk, Virginia, a distributor for the Pure Oil Company. It's in the nationally recognized style associated with that gasoline. Pure Oil was a major brand, ultimately swallowed up by Union Oil Company of California in 1965. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pure_Oil It's location was at the junction of East Main and Water Streets.
With one end flush with the building next door, the end gable roof is a steep pitched blue tile roof. Constructed of brick and originally painted white, the paint has been removed. The surface consists of skintled brick, or brick that projects irregularly from the surface.
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There's an arched doorway with a corresponding arched door of nine lights, the top three curved to accommodate the arching. A small metal roof covers the entrance, accessed by slightly elevated steps. The roof matches that of the oriel window. An arched window is on the front facade; on the side facade, there are three windows--two with 8 panes and one with six. I don't know when the service station closed, but it has been used as office space prior to the 1018 time of these photos. The structure is listed in the Elizabeth City Historic District, which was added to the National Register of Historic Places as a contributing building, October 18, 1977 with reference ID #77001007. The nomination form (before 2 additions) is located at files.nc.gov/ncdcr/nr/PK0003.pdf
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The Auto Fountain 4--Oriel Window
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[A series of 7 photos] Built circa 1931 or 1935, The Auto Fountain in Elizabeth City, North Carolina was a Tudor Revival-style gas station built for the Colonial Oil Company of Norfolk, Virginia, a distributor for the Pure Oil Company. It's in the nationally recognized style associated with that gasoline. Pure Oil was a major brand, ultimately swallowed up by Union Oil Company of California in 1965. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pure_Oil It's location was at the junction of East Main and Water Streets.
With one end flush with the building next door, the end gable roof is a steep pitched blue tile roof. Constructed of brick and originally painted white, the paint has been removed. The surface consists of skintled brick, or brick that projects irregularly from the surface.
www.bricksalvage.com/blog/skintled-brick--a-style-from-th...
There's an arched doorway with a corresponding arched door of nine lights, the top three curved to accommodate the arching. A small metal roof covers the entrance, accessed by slightly elevated steps. The roof matches that of the oriel window. An arched window is on the front facade; on the side facade, there are three windows--two with 8 panes and one with six. I don't know when the service station closed, but it has been used as office space prior to the 1018 time of these photos. The structure is listed in the Elizabeth City Historic District, which was added to the National Register of Historic Places as a contributing building, October 18, 1977 with reference ID #77001007. The nomination form (before 2 additions) is located at files.nc.gov/ncdcr/nr/PK0003.pdf
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