Vickers Gas Station located at 140 North Main St. in Haysville,KS. The (former) service station is currently occupied by the City of Haysville Economic Development office. Note the gas station opened for business in September 1956. Its also worth noting there were at least two additional Vickers gas stations constructed with a nearly identical architectural design, however this location in Haysville is by far the most intact. On a final note the building and canopy is held by two concrete foundations which are each estimated to withstand the stress of 87,000 pounds. The support canopies were able to keep the structure completely intact following an F-4 tornado which occurred on May 3rd 1999 destroying dozens of nearby structures.
Photograph scanned from the October 12th 1956 edition of Petroleum Week.
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