Visit Magnolia/Mobil Service Station, Little Rock, Arkansas

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Built in the 1920s, this Mediterranean Revival-style building was constructed to serve as a Mobil Service Station, part of the franchise of the Magnolia Petroleum Company, based in Texas. The building served as a gas station until the 1980s, when it closed. The building is clad in stucco and painted brick, with a red terra cotta tile shed bonnet roof at the parapets at the building’s main wing, a gabled red terra cotta tile roof at the canopy over the gas pumps, decorative brackets, a shed canopy over the bays on the side facade, large plate glass windows with transoms at the shop/office section of the building, and two garage bays. The building also features historic elements, including period appropriate signage, gas pumps, and other elements that give a sense of what the gas station looked like at the time of the Little Rock Desegregation Crisis in 1957-1958. The building served as the visitor center for the Little Rock Central High School National Historic Site from the time it was established in 1997 until the present visitor center was opened in 2007. The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2019. Today, the building serves as part of the Little Rock Central High School National Historic Site.

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