Standard Oil Company Filling Station


Standard Oil Company Filling Station
U.S. National Register of Historic Places


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Location	638 College St, Bowling Green, Kentucky
Coordinates	36°59′44″N 86°26′20″W / 36.99556°N 86.43889°W / 36.99556; -86.43889
Area	0.1 acres (0.040 ha)
Built	1921
Architectural style	Early Commercial
NRHP reference No.	10000526^[1]
Added to NRHP	August 5, 2010

The Standard Oil Company Filling Station at 638 College St. in Bowling Green, Kentucky was built in 1921 by Standard Oil of Kentucky. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2010.^[1]

It was operated as a filling station until 1956. The station was renovated and reopened as public restrooms for the adjacent Circus Square Park in 2009.^[2]

The renovation included having reproduction Red Crown Gasoline globes made, funded by the Landmark Association.^[2]

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^ ^a ^b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
^ ^a ^b Jim Gaines (May 7, 2009). "Standard Oil Station Dedicated". Bowling Green Daily News. Retrieved July 20, 2018.

v t e Standard Oil Company, Inc. (1870–1911)
Founders	John D. Rockefeller William Rockefeller Jr. Samuel Andrews Henry Flagler Stephen V. Harkness
Executives	John Dustin Archbold Jabez A. Bostwick Daniel O'Day Oliver Hazard Payne Charles Pratt Henry Huttleston Rogers
Successor companies	Atlantic Buckeye Partners Chesebrough ConocoPhillips Union Tank Car Vacuum Oil The Ohio Oil Co. (Marathon) Standard Oil of California (Chevron) Standard Oil of Indiana (Amoco) Standard Oil of Kentucky (Kyso) Standard Oil of New Jersey (Exxon) Standard Oil of New York (Mobil) Standard Oil of Ohio (Sohio)
Acquisitions	Atlantic Refinering (1874)
Historic stations	Bowling Green, KY Odell, Il Plainfield, Il Plant City, FL
Lawsuits	Standard Oil Co. of New Jersey v. United States (1911) Standard Oil Co. v. United States (Standard Stations) (1949)
Related	Seven Sisters Big Oil Petroleum in the United States
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