Vickers Petroleum Service Station

Vickers Petroleum Service Station
Vickers Petroleum Service Station
Location140 N Main St., Haysville, Kansas
Coordinates37°33′55″N 97°21′08″W / 37.56528°N 97.35222°W / 37.56528; -97.35222 (Vickers Petroleum Service Station)
Built1954 (1954)
NRHP reference No.100004455
Added to NRHPSeptember 30, 2019

The Vickers Petroleum Service Station is a historic building constructed in 1954 in Haysville, Kansas.[1][2] It was the first service station to feature a hyperbolic paraboloid form, also known as a "batwing", developed by John M. Hickman[3] and was placed on the National Register of Historic Places September 30, 2019[4]

Haysville's Chamber of Commerce has used the building as an office since the interior was remodeled in 2007.[5]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Historic Vickers Petroleum Service Station". concept3.
  2. ^ "NRHP form" (PDF). www.kshs.org. September 30, 2019. Retrieved October 11, 2020.
  3. ^ "Vickers Station, designed by Century II architect, added to Kansas historic register". Kansas. August 13, 2019. Retrieved October 11, 2020.
  4. ^ "Weekly List 20191004 - National Register of Historic Places (U.S. National Park Service)" (PDF). www.nps.gov.
  5. ^ "Haysville's Vickers Petroleum service station added to historic register". August 12, 2019.