Picture this 1929 Spanish Eclectic gas station at 3501 East 11th Street — the Sinclair Service Station in Tulsa. The station was built in 1929 and was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1996. It sits on the original U.S. Route 66 (11th Street).
The station’s National Register nomination calls it “an excellent example of a Spanish Eclectic service station. The station consists of three parts: the office, the covered gas pump area, and an attached double-bay service garage. Notice the stucco exterior, the triangular parapet, and the Ludowici-tiled visor roof — features the nomination identifies as characteristics commonly associated with the Spanish Eclectic architectural style.
Its listing was consistent with a study of historic resources on Route 66 in Oklahoma, linking this building to a broader recognition of the highway’s historic places. The tiled visor roof, the covered pumps and the double-bay garage still line up the way a Route 66 driver would have read them in 1929.