Vickers Petroleum Service Station Explained

Vickers Petroleum Service Station
Coordinates:37.5653°N -97.3522°W
Added:September 30, 2019
Refnum:100004455

The Vickers Petroleum Service Station is a historic building constructed in 1954 in Haysville, Kansas.[1] [2] It was the first service station to feature a hyperbolic paraboloid form, also known as a "batwing", developed by John M. Hickman[3] and was placed on the National Register of Historic Places September 30, 2019[4]

Haysville's Chamber of Commerce has used the building as an office since the interior was remodeled in 2007.[5]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Historic Vickers Petroleum Service Station. concept3.
  2. Web site: NRHP form . September 30, 2019 . www.kshs.org . 2020-10-11.
  3. Web site: August 13, 2019. Vickers Station, designed by Century II architect, added to Kansas historic register. October 11, 2020. Kansas.
  4. Web site: Weekly List 20191004 - National Register of Historic Places (U.S. National Park Service). www.nps.gov.
  5. Web site: Haysville's Vickers Petroleum service station added to historic register. August 12, 2019.

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