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Kentucky Icebox & Modern Gas Stations (page 1)

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former Gulf station
Boston, KY
This former Gulf station has housed a barber shop since at least 2021. By 2024, the porcelain panels had been removed. The three blue stripes were either reinstalled or replicated. [map]

former Gulf station
Corbin, KY
This former Gulf station has been vacant since at least 2016. For more, see this website. [map]

Grayson:
former Gulf station [gone]

former station
Cave City, KY
This former station now houses the Dog Pound Restaurant and Smoke House. I'm assuming that roof and canopy had simple matching zigzag appearances originally. [map]

former Pan-Am station [gone]
Cave City, KY
This former Pan-Am station looked like it had been abandoned for many years when these photos were taken in 2007. By 2013, this building had been drastically remodeled. For more, see this website. [map]

Cynthiana:
former Gulf station [gone]

former Enco station
Florence, KY
This former Enco station was designed for Esso stations. They were branded as Enco in the 1960s when this station was built. [map]

former Gulf station
Hopkinsville, KY
This former Gulf station may be used as office space for the Hopkinsville Milling Company located next door. [map]

former Gulf station
Marion, KY
This former Gulf station has housed Sugar Shop Donuts since 2025. The Gulf letters over the former office are not original. They had been missing since at least 2008. [map]

Duff's Service
Lexington, KY

2010:

2026:
Duff's Service was built in 1954 as an Aetna station. In 1957, it became an Ashland station. The business operated as Duff's Service until around 2018. Since 2023, the building has housed Brakes4Less. The porcelain panels are still there under the black paint. [map]

former Ashland Oil station
Lexington, KY

2010:

2026:
This former Ashland Oil station housed many auto shops in recent years. The fourth bay on the right was a later addition. The building now houses a liquor store. [map]

former Shell station
Lexington, KY
This Shell station was built in 1945. By 2012, the building had been repurposed for Doodle's Breakfast & Lunch. For more, see this website. [map]

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