Title
Teapot Dome Gas Station
Artist
Craig Perry-Ollila
Medium
Photograph - Photograph
Description
The Teapot Dome Service Station was built in 1922 on what later became U.S. Route 12. The building has a circular frame with a conical roof, sheet metal "handle," and a concrete "spout." The station was intended to be a reminder of the Teapot Dome Scandal that rocked the presidency of Warren G. Harding and sent Interior Secretary Albert Fall to prison for his role in leasing government oil reserves in, among other places, Teapot Dome, Wyoming. The unique service station continued operation as a full service gas station[3] for some years. When Interstate 82 was constructed near Zillah, the station was relocated less than a mile down the Yakima Valley Highway. It is no longer in operation.
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December 9th, 2009
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Comments (2)
Michael Mazaika
This must have been a popular architectural style in years past. I came across something similar - a coffee pot - along the Lincoln Highway in Pennsylvania last fall. Neat find, Craig. - Mike (V)
Jan Faul
I don't know what I was expecting, but it certainly wasn't a teapot with windows. What a wonderful quirky little building with great light on it and its protective pipe fence. It's the kind of place I'd go back to with a MF camera and really crank through some film to wring the best out of the place. Not a great capture, but a great shot. I am soooo tired of the term 'capture'.