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PHILLIPS
66 SERVICE STATION
McLean,
Texas
Gray County, Texas Panhandle
Photo and Text courtesy of Delbert Trew
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First Phillips 66 Retail Outlet in Texas – 1928
Postcard Image Courtesy
Delbert Trew |
Location:
Westbound on Old Route 66 Highway
2 blocks West of Main Street in McLean,
Texas |
The
First Phillips 66 Retail Outlet in Texas – 1928
This
vintage 1928 gas service station, designed in “Cottage Fashion” and often called
a “Doll House” was started in 1927 after Congress authorized a coast-to-coast
highway called Route 66. Finished in 1928, the station operated under different
owners and brands of products until the Interstate system came into being.
Company records show this station was the first Phillips Petroleum Company
retail outlet built outside Oklahoma at the time. Renovated in 1992 by local citizens
under the auspices of the Old Route 66 Association of Texas, this now famous Route
66 Icon is the most photographed property all along Route 66. The site is owned
and maintained by the Texas Route 66 Asscociation.
The station is part
of a city-wide effort to maintain the brick streets, local color and early day
atmosphere of the Route 66 Era. Three museums, antique and gift shops, the Avalon
Theater façade and restaurants stand ready to serve travelers who visit McLean.
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