United States historic place
More Mileage Gas Station | |
U.S. National Register of Historic Places | |
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Location | 602 North Main Street, Jennings, Louisiana |
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Coordinates | 30°13′32″N 92°39′28″W / 30.22552°N 92.65777°W / 30.22552; -92.65777 |
Area | less than one acre |
Built | 1938 |
Architect | C.C. Wicker |
NRHP reference No. | 04000637 |
Added to NRHP | June 22, 2004 |
The More Mileage Gas Station, located at 602 North Main in Jennings in Jefferson Davis Parish, Louisiana, is a historic filling station which was built in 1938. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on June 22, 2004.
It was deemed to be "locally significant in the history of transportation as a rare surviving example of a once considerably more common building type in the Jefferson Davis parish seat of Jennings. Historic filling stations are icons of the early automobile age, but given the ever-changing world of commerce, they are becoming a rare breed."
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References
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
- "More Mileage Gas Station" (PDF). State of Louisiana's Division of Historic Preservation. Retrieved July 2, 2018. with four photos and a map
- National Register staff of Division of Historic Preservation of State of Louisiana (February 2004). "National Register of Historic Places Nomination: More Mileage Gas Station". National Park Service. Retrieved November 19, 2017. With seven photos from 2004.
Municipalities and communities of Jefferson Davis Parish, Louisiana, United States | ||
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Parish seat: Jennings | ||
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- National Register of Historic Places in Jefferson Davis Parish, Louisiana
- Commercial buildings completed in 1938
- Transportation in Jefferson Davis Parish, Louisiana
- Gas stations on the National Register of Historic Places in Louisiana
- 1938 establishments in Louisiana
- Jennings, Louisiana
- Louisiana Registered Historic Place stubs