Gay Oil Company Building
Gay Oil Company Building | |
Location in Arkansas | |
Location | 300 S. Broadway St. Little Rock, Arkansas |
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Coordinates | 34°44′48″N 92°16′32″W / 34.74667°N 92.27556°WCoordinates: 34°44′48″N 92°16′32″W / 34.74667°N 92.27556°W |
Area | less than one acre |
Built | 1925 |
Architect | Wittenberg, Delony & Watts |
Architectural style | Classical Revival |
NRHP reference No. | 100001011[1] |
Added to NRHP | June 5, 2017 |
The Gay Oil Company Building, is a historic commercial building at 300 South Broadway Street in Little Rock, Arkansas. It is a two-story brick building with Classical Revival styling. It was built in 1925 for Thomas Gay, founder of the Gay Oil Company, Little Rock's first oil company. The company's rise from its founding in 1907 mirrored the rise of the automobile as an important means of transportation.[2]
The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2017.[1]
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References[]
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ "NRHP nomination for Gay Oil Company Building" (PDF). Arkansas Preservation. Retrieved 2017-11-12.
Categories:
- Industrial buildings and structures on the National Register of Historic Places in Arkansas
- Buildings and structures completed in 1925
- Buildings and structures in Little Rock, Arkansas
- National Register of Historic Places in Little Rock, Arkansas
- Little Rock, Arkansas Registered Historic Place stubs