page_title: Teapot Dome Service Station
section_title: History
hierarchical_section_title: Teapot Dome Service Station / History
caption_attribution_description: Margolies, John,, photographer. Teapot Dome gas station, Zillah, Washington 1987. 1 photograph&#160;: color transparency&#160;; 35 mm (slide format). Notes: Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Margolies categories: Mimetic gas stations; Gas stations. Please use digital image: original slide is kept in cold storage for preservation. Credit line: John Margolies Roadside America photograph archive (1972-2008), Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. Purchase; John Margolies 2007 (DLC/PP-2007:125). Forms part of: John Margolies Roadside America photograph archive (1972-2008). Subjects: Automobile service stations--1980-1990. Mimetic buildings--1980-1990. United States--Washington (State)--Zillah. Format: Slides--1980-1990.--Color Rights Info: No known restrictions on publication. For more information, see "John Margolies Roadside America Photograph Archive - Rights and Restrictions Information" www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/723_marg.html Repository: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA, hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print Part Of: Margolies, John John Margolies Roadside America photograph archive (DLC) 2010650110 General information about the John Margolies Roadside America photograph archive is available at hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.mrg Higher resolution image is available (Persistent URL): hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/mrg.00001 Call Number: LC-MA05- 1
context_page_description: The Teapot Dome Service Station is a former gas station built in the shape of a teapot located in Zillah, Washington, United States, that is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
context_section_description: The station was built in 1922 on what later became U.S. Route 12. The building has a circular frame with a conical roof, sheet metal "handle", and a concrete "spout". Many such novelties were constructed as roadside attractions as the national highway system in the United States expanded during the 1920s and 1930s. The unique service station continued operation as a full-service gas station for some years. When Interstate 82 was constructed near Zillah in 1978 the station was relocated less than a mile down the Yakima Valley Highway. After the gas station was closed in 2006, it was purchased by the city the following year, rehabilitated, and relocated in 2012 to 117 First Avenue. It now serves as Zillah's visitors center.
caption: The Teapot Dome Station, 1987
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