Soulsby Service Station
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The Soulsby Service Station is a historic service station
in Mount Olive
, Illinois
. The station is located along historic U.S. Route 66
and is the oldest usable service station on the highway in Illinois. It serves as an example of the house and canopy gas station design. Henry Soulsby built the station in 1926 and operated it along with his three children. His son Russell later operated a radio and TV repair business out of the station. The station stopped pumping gas in 1991 and closed in 1993, and plans currently exist to reopen it as a museum.
Filling station
A filling station, also known as a fueling station, garage, gasbar , gas station , petrol bunk , petrol pump , petrol garage, petrol kiosk , petrol station "'servo"' in Australia or service station, is a facility which sells fuel and lubricants...
in Mount Olive
Mount Olive, Illinois
Mount Olive is a city in Macoupin County, Illinois, United States. The population was 2,150 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Mount Olive is located at ....
, Illinois
Illinois
Illinois is the fifth-most populous state of the United States of America, and is often noted for being a microcosm of the entire country. With Chicago in the northeast, small industrial cities and great agricultural productivity in central and northern Illinois, and natural resources like coal,...
. The station is located along historic U.S. Route 66
U.S. Route 66
U.S. Route 66 was a highway within the U.S. Highway System. One of the original U.S. highways, Route 66 was established on November 11, 1926 -- with road signs erected the following year...
and is the oldest usable service station on the highway in Illinois. It serves as an example of the house and canopy gas station design. Henry Soulsby built the station in 1926 and operated it along with his three children. His son Russell later operated a radio and TV repair business out of the station. The station stopped pumping gas in 1991 and closed in 1993, and plans currently exist to reopen it as a museum.