Gilbane's Service Center Building

Gilbane's Service Center Building

Gilbane's Service Center Building
Location Pawtucket, Rhode Island
Coordinates 41°52′9″N 71°23′21″W / 41.86917°N 71.38917°W / 41.86917; -71.38917Coordinates: 41°52′9″N 71°23′21″W / 41.86917°N 71.38917°W / 41.86917; -71.38917
Built 1931
Architect Philip Franklin Eddy
Architectural style Art Deco
MPS Pawtucket MRA
NRHP Reference # 83003827 [1]
Added to NRHP November 18, 1983

Gilbane's Service Center Building is an historic automotive service station at 175-191 Pawtucket Avenue in Pawtucket, Rhode Island. It is an L-shaped structure, built of concrete blocks and finished in stucco. Its most prominent feature is a whimsical Art Deco tower, built up from one of the corners nearest the street in five stepped tiers. Details from the tower are repeated in the decoration of the roofline above the building's service bays. This building was built c. 1931, and is a second-phase automotive service station, one which offered repair services as well as fuel, and is one of the finest surviving examples of the form in the state.[2]

The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983.[1]

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References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2007-01-23). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. ↑ "Historic Resources of Pawtucket (PDF pages 125-126)" (PDF). Rhode Island Preservation. Retrieved 2014-11-15.


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