{"nrhp_refnum":"12000968","name":"Carlin's Amoco Station","other_names":["Vdhr# 128-6389"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"1721 Williamson Rd. NE.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Roanoke (Independent City)","county":"Roanoke (city and county)","state":"VA","lat":37.29005512100008,"lon":-79.93335682099996,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2012-11-20","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Commerce","Transportation"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A former gas station and an associated repair shop at 1721 Williamson Road NE in Roanoke, Virginia, on a 0.6-acre corner lot. The station was built about 1947 and remodeled about 1953 in the Streamlined Moderne style.","why_significant":"The station is an example of an early \"ice-box\" gas station later updated to Amoco's \"stylized-box\" prototype, with rounded corners and a projecting entrance pylon of glass block and neon. It also illustrates how Williamson Road (Route 11) became Roanoke's main automobile-oriented commercial corridor. The interior plan and finishes remain largely intact, and the ca. 1947 repair shop is unique among Roanoke's surviving Amoco stations.","narrative":"At 1721 Williamson Road NE in Roanoke, a small stucco-covered concrete block building recalls the heyday of the roadside gas station. Built about 1947 as a plain rectangular \"ice-box\" station with large display windows and two service bays, it was remodeled about 1953 as part of Amoco's effort to standardize its stations nationwide. The remodeling added rounded corners and a projecting metal entrance pylon, date-stamped 1953, with vertical strips of glass block backlit by green neon. Behind it stands a ca. 1947 concrete block repair shop, which is unusual among Roanoke's surviving Amoco stations. The station's interior plan and most original finishes survive. It matters because it shows both a corporate design update credited to Amoco designer George W. Terp and the growth of Williamson Road, the old route of US 11, as the city's leading corridor for automobile services. The gas station is now vacant, while the repair shop remains in use.","period_of_significance":"1947-1962","architect_builder":"Terp, George W.","architectural_style":"Modern Movement: Streamlined Moderne","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"The gas station building is vacant and fenced for security; the repair shop is still used as a repair shop. The pumps and pump island have been removed.","vacant_flag":true,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:52:02.852229-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/36/6789/41678936/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_VA/12000968.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/12000968/ce1c16c794-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/12000968/ce1c16c794-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"Jerrye &amp; Roy Klotz, MD","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:CARLIN%27S_AMOCO_STATION,_ROANOKE_CITY.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Jerrye &amp;amp; Roy Klotz, MD</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 4.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:CARLIN%27S_AMOCO_STATION,_ROANOKE_CITY.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/41678936","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carlin%27s_Amoco_Station","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16852197"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/virginia/roanoke/carlins-amoco-station-12000968/"}