{"nrhp_refnum":"08000327","name":"Sprague's Super Service","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"305 E. Pine St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Normal","county":"McLean County","state":"IL","lat":40.517635392000045,"lon":-88.98078437299995,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2008-04-25","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Transportation"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story Tudor Revival house-with-canopy gas station, restaurant, garage and apartment building at 305 E. Pine Street in Normal, McLean County, Illinois, completed in 1930-1931 by Bloomington contractor William W. Sprague along the original Route 66.","why_significant":"It is locally significant under Criterion A for commerce and transportation, as a restaurant and gas station serving Route 66 motorists. It also meets Criterion C as an example of the large 'house with canopy' gas station property type, designed to fit a residential neighborhood. The period of significance runs from 1931 to 1940, when a four-lane Route 66 bypass opened around Bloomington.","narrative":"Built in 1930-1931 at the corner of Pine and Walnut Streets in Normal, Illinois, this Tudor Revival building served travelers on the original alignment of Route 66. William W. Sprague, a Bloomington contractor, put a restaurant, gas station office and garage on the first floor, with an owner's apartment and an attendant's apartment upstairs. A sunroom above the gas pump canopy is part of the owner's apartment. The first story is brick, and the upper story has swirl-finished stucco and decorative half timbering. Additions came in 1948, enlarging the restaurant and kitchen, and in 1967, when a one-bay garage was added. Later operators ran a variety of businesses on the site until 1973. The property is considered locally significant as a road-related business and as a large example of the house-with-canopy gas station, designed to blend into a residential neighborhood. Its period of significance ends in 1940, when a four-lane Route 66 bypass opened. It is now vacant.","period_of_significance":"1931-1940","architect_builder":"William W. Sprague, contractor","architectural_style":"Other/house and canopy gas station (Tudor Revival)","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Current function is listed as vacant/not in use; paint is flaking and the roof is worn and patched, though many original features survive.","vacant_flag":true,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:37.49877-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/69/8913/28891369/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_IL/08000327.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/08000327/fd4c04c5a3-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/08000327/fd4c04c5a3-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"William Wesen Appraiser","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sprague%27s_Super_Service_in_Normal,_Illinois_on_Route_66..jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">William Wesen Appraiser</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sprague%27s_Super_Service_in_Normal,_Illinois_on_Route_66..jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/28891369","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sprague%27s_Super_Service","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7580175"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/illinois/mclean-county/spragues-super-service-08000327/"}