Wadhams Oil Co. Filling Station
430 S. Second St.
(shown in its original location at 104 W. Walker St.)
1930
Designed by Alexander Eschweiler, these pagoda style stations
were very distinctive. This one was originally
called the "Clinton Street Filling Station".
The first was at 5th & Wisconsin Ave.
This one was moved in 2002 and reincarnated as a coffeehouse.
Here's how it looked
decades ago.
Only a handful remain:
76th & Ryan Rd.
(reportedly being relocated),
west of
4th and North Ave.,
76th & National Ave.,
old
and
new,
and
Cedarburg, WI