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Service Station

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c. 1935. Southeast corner Maple and Drake streets

This former service station building is a version of the Spanish Colonial Revival, presented in white glazed brick and boasting a bright blue tile roof that seems to form mansard-like awnings over various openings. The gable above the office curves upward like an element in the Mission Revival style. Originally a lighted sign was placed within the center round window of the gable.

Writing Credits

Author: 
David Gebhard and Gerald Mansheim
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David Gebhard and Gerald Mansheim, "Service Station", [Centerville, Iowa], SAH Archipedia, eds. Gabrielle Esperdy and Karen Kingsley, Charlottesville: UVaP, 2012—, http://sah-archipedia.org/buildings/IA-01-SO033.

Print Source

Buildings of Iowa, David Gebhard and Gerald Mansheim. New York: Oxford University Press, 1993, 317-317.

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