Shamrock, founded in 1902 as a station on the Chicago, Rock Island and Gulf Railroad, became the junction of two U.S. highways in 1926: U.S. 66 running east to west and U.S. 83 following Main Street north to south. Bebe and John Nunn of Shamrock owned all four corners of this strategic and profitable intersection. Amarillo businessman James M. Tindall offered to erect a new building for them if they would sell the northeast corner to him. The resulting Tower Station is one of the outstanding landmarks of Route 66. Designed in a commercial modernistic style at which Berry was adept, the building combines a service station and a café, each marked by an eye-catching tower. The cast-concrete fluting of the friezes and towers add a dynamic verticality and links the building to Art Deco. originally leased to Conoco, the station and café were adorned by neon signage (replaced with LED lighting in 2014). The station and café were restored to their original light tan finish with olive green tile accents in 2003. The station is now owned by the City of Shamrock and operates as a visitors’ center, chamber of commerce, and community center. The distinctive forms of the Tower Station were adopted for the 2006 animated film Cars as Ramone’s auto body and paint shop.