Windmill Quaker State

Windmill Quaker State
Location: 800 Murdoch Ave., Parkersburg, West Virginia
Area: less than one acre
Built: 1928
Governing body: Private
MPS: Downtown Parkersburg MRA
NRHP Reference#: 82001795[1]
Added to NRHP: October 8, 1982

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]

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

References

  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2010-07-09. http://nrhp.focus.nps.gov/natreg/docs/All_Data.html. 
  2. ^ Eliza Smith, Christina Mann (December 1981). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Windmill Quaker State". State of West Virginia, West Virginia Division of Culture and History, Historic Preservation. http://www.wvculture.org/shpo/nr/pdf/wood/82001795.pdf. Retrieved 2011-09-10. 
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