Bedford Oil Company Station

Bedford Oil Company Station
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Location	601 Madison St. Bedford, Iowa
Coordinates	40°40′02″N 94°43′15″W / 40.66722°N 94.72083°WCoordinates: 40°40′02″N 94°43′15″W / 40.66722°N 94.72083°W
Area	less than one acre
Built	1928
Built by	R.F. Greenlee
Architectural style	Mission/Spanish Colonial Revival
NRHP Reference #	99000831[1]
Added to NRHP	July 15, 1999

Bedford Oil Company Station, also known as the Conoco Station Building, is a historic building located in Bedford, Iowa, United States. Partners Wyatt Blakemore and Ralph Thompson had the station built in 1928 on land they had purchased three years prior. The single-story Mission Revival structure was built from April to June by Roy Greenlee, a local contractor. It was the third of three service stations that Blakemore and Thompson built and operated. The garage section of the building was added in 1929. When it closed in 1989 it was the longest operating station in town.^[2] The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1999.^[1]

References

1. Staff (2009-03-13). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
2. Patricia A. Wahlgren. "Bedford Oil Company Station" (PDF). National Park Service. Retrieved 2016-02-02.