Amoco gas station, Northfield Street, 1957 (4 photos)

Photograph

Montpelier Vermont Historical Society

2024.14.2

Name/Title

Amoco gas station, Northfield Street, 1957 (4 photos)

Entry/Object ID

2024.14.2

Description

Four photographs of Guy's (or Bernie's) Amoco Service Station, the gas station that stood at the southwest corner of the intersection of Northfield Street and Winooski Avenue before it was demolished in 1958 to make room for the widening of Winooski Avenue to provide better access to the Interstate highway. The photographs also show a house and barn that are no longer standing in 2024.

Photograph Details

Subject

Service stations--Vermont--Montpelier

Subject Place

City

Montpelier, Washington County, Vermont

Street

Northfield Street (Montpelier, Vt.), Winooski Avenue (Montpelier, Vt.)

Acquisition

Accession

2024.14

Acquisition Method

Gift

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Photograph, Black-and-White

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Photograph

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Graphic Documents

Nomenclature Class

Documentary Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

Dimensions

Dimension Description

Two photographs:

Height

2-1/2 in

Width

4-1/2 in

Dimension Description

Two photographs:

Height

3-1/2 in

Width

3-1/2 in

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Guy's Amoco Service Station

Notes

Name as listed in 1954 Manning's Directory

Person or Organization

Bernie's Amoco Service Station

Notes

Name as listed in 1957 Manning's Directory

Person or Organization

H. W. McAllister Amoco Service Station (Montpelier, Vt.)

Notes

Newspaper evidence suggests that Harvey W. McAllister owned this service station ca. 1936-1942.