Gilbane's Service Center Building

Gilbane's Service Center Building is an historic automotive service station at 175-191 Pawtucket Avenue in Pawtucket, Rhode Island. It is an L-shaped structure, built of concrete blocks and finished in stucco. Its most prominent feature is a whimsical Art Deco tower, built up from one of the corners nearest the street in five stepped tiers. Details from the tower are repeated in the decoration of the roofline above the building's service bays. This building was built c. 1931, and is a second-phase automotive service station, one which offered repair services as well as fuel, and is one of the finest surviving examples of the form in the state.[2]

Gilbane's Service Center Building
Gilbane's Service Center Building
LocationPawtucket, Rhode Island
Coordinates41°52′9″N 71°23′21″W
Built1931
ArchitectPhilip Franklin Eddy
Architectural styleArt Deco
MPSPawtucket MRA
NRHP reference No.83003827 [1]
Added to NRHPNovember 18, 1983

The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983.[1]

See also

References
  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. January 23, 2007.
  2. "Historic Resources of Pawtucket (PDF pages 125-126)" (PDF). Rhode Island Preservation. Retrieved 2014-11-15.


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