Property Record
522 LAKE SHORE DR E
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | East End Co-op Service Station |
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| Other Name: | MOBIL GAS STATION |
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| Reference Number: | 697 |
| Location (Address): | 522 LAKE SHORE DR E |
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| County: | Ashland |
| City: | Ashland |
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| Year Built: | 1940 |
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| Additions: | 1991 |
| Survey Date: | 19822017 |
| Historic Use: | gas station/service station |
| Architectural Style: | Art/Streamline Moderne |
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| Wall Material: | Concrete |
| Architect: | MOBIL |
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| Demolished?: | No |
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| National/State Register Listing Name: | Not listed |
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| Additional Information: | 1982: Mobile Oil Corporation is well known for its efforts in modern design and it is likely that this cement building with modernistic character represents one of these designed stations. 2017: Service bay added to west end of building in 1991; windows replaced and new overhead garage doors. |
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| Bibliographic References: | See Jim Draeger & Mark Speltz, "Fill'er Up: The Glory Days of Wisconsin Gas Stations," Madison; Wisconsin Historical Society Press, 2008, page 146-47. |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |