Does this forlorn garage look familiar?

[4xdog]

Shots taken in December along the highway in rural Utah. Look at the Garage Journal artwork at the top of this page and see if you see any similarities...

 

[NUTTSGT]

Awesome, somebody needs to buy that and restore it before it gets worse.

 

[trainman1385]

Where in Utah is it?

 

[justanengineer]

Bad *** looking station, looks like a great project for someone.

 

[gatewaysysop]

That is eerie and cool at the same time. Thanks for sharing the pics!

 

[Anglia Guy]

Awesome, somebody needs to buy that and restore it before it gets worse.

2nd that. It would be a really great place.

 

[77thor]

That is cool... I wonder if it's still structurally sound.

 

[Bronson]

I would love to have that in My back yard!

 

[kustom53]

that is so cool. Someone definitely needs to buy that and restore it....maybe the GJ members!!!!

 

[willymakeit]

Utah has always been one of my favorite states. This looks like S. Utah

 

[Daniel Dudley]

You are mistaken. That is the Alamo. Or at least I'm pretty sure I rented a car there...

 

[John in OH]

That's great!! Wouldn't it be so cool to have the money and time to rehab this place?

 

[gayler]

Did you go inside? Whats under the tarps in the office area? Is that a truck of some kind in the shop bay?

 

[YW84U]

Found it! Junction, UT at the corner of S Main St and E100 S St:

https://maps.google.ca/maps?q=Junct...oid=1UPAEGmWdBG8wysQSG4v5A&cbp=12,51,,0,-7.24

 

[4xdog]

Did you go inside? Whats under the tarps in the office area? Is that a truck of some kind in the shop bay?

You can see in some of the photos a low wire fence around the building. I didn't cross that. No idea what's under the tarps in the office. The thing you can see in the shop bay is a medium-sized military trailer, a M101 or M105 (I'm not sure which).

 

[4xdog]

Found it! Junction, UT at the corner of S Main St and E100 S St:

https://maps.google.ca/maps?q=Junct...oid=1UPAEGmWdBG8wysQSG4v5A&cbp=12,51,,0,-7.24

Yes, on the east side of US-89.

 

[coljar]

To someone like me, that place is pure artwork. I'll take a beautiful building over a priceless painting anyday.

 

[GreenNV]

An image of vanishing America; a throwback to the slow-paced time when rural roads were used to travel cross country and you would stop for gas, a bite to eat, and maybe a stay at a local motel.

Unfortunately, this old station would not be worth the investment to renovate as the amount of traffic would insufficient to sustain a viable business.

Thanks for posting; it reminded me of my days when I would be cruising in my 1952 Chevy.

 

[kams1973]

It looks similar to the old Phillips 66 station in the town I grew up in.

 

[bazzateer]

Unfortunately, this old station would not be worth the investment to renovate as the amount of traffic would insufficient to sustain a viable business.

Could make a cool hobby garage for someone though. Place across the road has a Texaco sign out front, maybe the 'retired' garage owner?

 

[Lippyp]

Place across the road is an antiques shop. Cool building, I'm guessing these were built to a pattern for each of the big chains of gas companies so like todays McDonalds outlets a gang would turn up and whack them up pretty quickly to a standard set of plans.

 

[Big Rick]

I have pasted that station I'll bet 10 times and every time dreamt of that shop in my back yard. There is another near Moab UT