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Standard Oil was an integrated oil producing, transporting, refining, and marketing company established in 1870 and split into multiple companies in 1911. Various buildings bear the Standard Oil name and multiple individual stations with this branding are historically notable:
The Standard Oil Gasoline Station on Van Ness Avenue in San Francisco is the last remaining gas station branded with Standard Oil in California, United States.It maintains this branding to maintain Chevron's claim to the trademark in California. [1]
John D. Rockefeller c. 1872, shortly after founding Standard Oil. Standard Oil's prehistory began in 1863, as an Ohio partnership formed by industrialist John D. Rockefeller, his brother William Rockefeller, Henry Flagler, chemist Samuel Andrews, silent partner Stephen V. Harkness, and Oliver Burr Jennings, who had married the sister of William Rockefeller's wife.
The Standard Oil Company (Ohio) was an American petroleum company that existed from 1870 to 1987. The company, known commonly as Sohio , was founded by John D. Rockefeller . [ 4 ] [ 2 ] It was established as one of the separate entities created after the 1911 breakup.
225 Bush Street, originally known as the Standard Oil Building, is a 328-foot (100 m), 25-floor office building in the financial district of San Francisco.The building includes 21 floors of office space, 1 floor of retail, 1 storage floor and 2 basement levels including the garage.
Standard Oil Red Crown Service Station, Ogallala, Nebraska This is a list of historic filling stations and service stations, including a few tire service stations which did not have gas pumps. A number of these in the United States are listed on the National Register of Historic Places .
The station is a fusion of the "Domestic" and "Spanish" style gas stations that Standard Oil designed in the early 20th century. The Domestic elements were intended to represent a cottage , promoting a mom-and-pop atmosphere, while the Spanish style incorporated southwestern architecture.
The station continued to sell Standard Oil products for its first several years but by 1940 it had switched to Phillips 66 brands. At least nine other stations besides O'Donnell's dotted this part of Route 66 through Odell, the competition drove the addition of the bays by the 1940s. Between 1940 and 1952 the station underwent a number of ...