The Standard Oil Company Filling Station at 638 College St. in

Bowling Green, Kentucky Bowling Green is a city in Warren County, Kentucky, United States, and its county seat. Its population was 72,294 as of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, making it the List of cities in Kentucky, third-most populous city in the stat ...

was built in 1921 by

Standard Oil of Kentucky Kyso (officially the Standard Oil Company of Kentucky) was an oil company, gasoline distributor, and direct descendant of Standard Oil that operated in the southeastern United States from 1886 until it was acquired by Standard Oil of California ...

. It was listed on the

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in 2010. It was operated as a

filling station A filling station (also known as a gas station [] or petrol station []) is a facility that sells fuel and engine lubricants for motor vehicles. The most common fuels sold are gasoline (or petrol) and diesel fuel. Fuel dispensers are used to ...

until 1956. The station was renovated and reopened as public restrooms for the adjacent Circus Square Park in 2009. The renovation included having reproduction Red Crown Gasoline globes made, funded by the Landmark Association.

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Gas stations on the National Register of Historic Places in Kentucky National Register of Historic Places in Bowling Green, Kentucky Buildings designated early commercial in the National Register of Historic Places Commercial buildings completed in 1921 Transportation in Warren County, Kentucky 1921 establishments in Kentucky Restrooms in the United States Standard Oil {{WarrenCountyKY-NRHP-stub

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