Windmill Quaker State

Windmill Quaker State is a historic service station located at Parkersburg, Wood County, West Virginia. It was built in 1928 by the Quaker State Corporation, and is an example of an architectural folly. It is a roughcast stucco building with a windmill atop the gable roof.[2]

Windmill Quaker State
Front of the building
Windmill Quaker State is located in West Virginia
Windmill Quaker State
Windmill Quaker State is located in the United States
Windmill Quaker State
Location800 Murdoch Ave., Parkersburg, West Virginia
Coordinates39°16′11″N 81°33′31″W
Arealess than one acre
Built1928
ArchitectGlen Reynolds; George Nichols
MPSDowntown Parkersburg MRA
NRHP reference No.82001795[1]
Added to NRHPOctober 8, 1982

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.[1]

See also

References

  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. Eliza Smith, Christina Mann (December 1981). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Windmill Quaker State" (PDF). State of West Virginia, West Virginia Division of Culture and History, Historic Preservation. Retrieved 2011-09-10.


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