Gretna Gas Station 4
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Update--this structure has been torn down. More Americana gone.
This old gas station in Gretna, Virginia, now occupied by a towing service and a tanning salon, is in Art Moderne style. It is simple in design with little decoration except for horizontal lines of brick in relief placed in bands equal to the height of the windows; the orientation of the building is essentially horizontal rather than vertical, which one might expect in Art Deco. The lower portion of the structure is built of brick with prominent glass windows. The upper portion is probably concrete. Roofing still exists over the former gas islands, supported by wooden posts, decorated with a fleur-de-lis motif. I don’t know the date or the history of this structure; but I remember seeing it over 40 years ago and being struck then by its design.
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Gretna Gas Station 4
This is a creative commons image, which you may freely use by linking to this page. Please respect the photographer and his work.
Update--this structure has been torn down. More Americana gone.
This old gas station in Gretna, Virginia, now occupied by a towing service and a tanning salon, is in Art Moderne style. It is simple in design with little decoration except for horizontal lines of brick in relief placed in bands equal to the height of the windows; the orientation of the building is essentially horizontal rather than vertical, which one might expect in Art Deco. The lower portion of the structure is built of brick with prominent glass windows. The upper portion is probably concrete. Roofing still exists over the former gas islands, supported by wooden posts, decorated with a fleur-de-lis motif. I don’t know the date or the history of this structure; but I remember seeing it over 40 years ago and being struck then by its design.
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License If you use this image on your web site, you need to provide a link to this photo.