Marathon Oil Service Station

United States historic place

Significant dates

Marathon Oil Service Station
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district Contributing property


33°48′43″N 92°24′43″W / 33.81194°N 92.41194°W / 33.81194; -92.41194
Area	1 acre (0.40 ha)
Built	1928 (1928)
Architectural style	Late 19th And 20th Century Revivals, plain-traditional
Part of	Fordyce Commercial Historic District (ID92000608)
MPS	Arkansas Highway History and Architecture MPS
NRHP reference No.	01000484^[1]
Added to NRHP	May 10, 2001
Designated CP	June 11, 1992

The Marathon Oil Service Station is a historic automotive service facility at the southeast corner of East 2nd and Spring Streets in downtown Fordyce, Arkansas. It is a single story building constructed out of red and buff brick, with an auto canopy covered in a tile roof. The main facade of the building has a parapet which conceals a barrel roof. The building is divided into two functional bays, an office to the left and a garage bay to the right. The canopy extends in front of the left bay, and is supported by a single brick column, in which there is an original Marathon Oil logo. The building is a well-preserved example of a 1920s service station.^[2]

The station was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1992.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
^ "NRHP nomination for Marathon Oil Service Station". Arkansas Preservation. Retrieved July 9, 2014.