Amoco (Closed)
Clover, SC Photo courtesy Richard Weiss
The old pumps outside this Amoco station in Clover looked like a pair of sentries keeping watch over the building. Their survival made the former business immediately recognizable, even as the paint and branding showed their age. It was the sort of quiet roadside scene that rewarded a closer look. 02-08
The station’s layout recalled a business built around more than fuel sales. Service bays provided room for maintenance and repairs, while the pumps handled customers stopping briefly before continuing down the road. Those separate functions helped small stations serve regular neighborhood customers as well as passing motorists.
Amoco (Closed)
Clover, SC Photo courtesy Richard Weiss
What made this property particularly interesting was the equipment remaining out front. Without the pumps, the building could have looked like an ordinary older garage. Together, they preserved a clearer picture of how the station had operated, with the weathered Amoco identity connecting the individual business to a familiar gasoline brand.
UPDATE: The current condition and the survival of the pumps have not been confirmed. 08-26
Gas Station (Closed)
Great Falls, SC Photo courtesy Richard Weiss
This abandoned Gas Station in Great Falls, South Carolina, looked as though it had spent years watching traffic pass without another customer turning in. The weathered building retained its automotive appearance, making its original purpose understandable even after the business closed. It was an ordinary roadside workplace that had become an interesting photographic subject. 02-08
Service bays like these once accommodated the maintenance that kept local vehicles and traveling cars moving. A station could provide gasoline, tire work, and repairs in one place, although the specific services offered here have not been established. Its surviving form supplies more information than the limited record of its business history.
Gas Station (Closed)
Great Falls, SC Photo courtesy Richard Weiss
The photograph captures the quieter chapter after that activity ended. Rather than a busy forecourt, the building itself becomes the focus: its openings, proportions, and worn surfaces offer clues to its former use. Such properties document everyday roadside commerce without needing a famous name or elaborate sign.
UPDATE: The station was already abandoned when photographed. Its original operator, closing date, and present condition have not been confirmed. 08-26
Gulf Gas (Gone)
Emporia, VA Photo courtesy Rick Ibsen
The Gulf Gas sign near Emporia remained a recognizable highway marker long after the station beneath it stopped serving customers. Along U.S. 301, it recalled the years when this route carried substantial north–south vacation traffic. By the time of the photograph, the quiet property looked far removed from those working days. 03-08
Nearby Evergreen Cottages added another part of the old travel landscape. Together, lodging and gasoline businesses served motorists making longer journeys before Interstate 95 became the usual choice. A stop along this stretch could mean fuel for the car and somewhere to spend the night before continuing south.
Gulf Gas (Gone)
Emporia, VA Photo courtesy Rick Ibsen
The station reportedly closed around 1986. Vegetation gradually encroached on the property, but the Gulf sign remained above it, preserving the brand identity after other signs of activity disappeared. Its continued presence made the abandoned station easier to recognize and gave old-highway travelers a conspicuous reminder of the earlier route.
UPDATE: The former Gulf station property has been cleared, and its roadside sign is no longer standing. The familiar marker that outlasted the business eventually disappeared as well. Photographs preserve the scene from its long-closed years beside U.S. 301. 08-26
Strawberry Hill USA
Chesnee, SC Photo courtesy Richard Weiss
The red, white, and blue buildings at Strawberry Hill USA make a colorful introduction along South Carolina Highway 11. Sitting above the surrounding fields near Chesnee, the roadside stop combines a market, restaurant, and country-store atmosphere. It’s the sort of place that can turn a scenic drive into an unplanned lunch stop. 01-08
The family farming operation grew into a destination where visitors could buy produce close to where it was grown. Strawberries share the seasonal offerings with peaches, while homemade ice cream and baked goods provide other reasons to browse. The fields give the business a setting that separates it from an ordinary highway market, connecting the merchandise with the agricultural landscape around it.
UPDATE: Strawberry Hill USA continues welcoming visitors along the Cherokee Foothills Scenic Highway. Its market, restaurant, and seasonal produce remain the main attractions, with the colorful buildings helping travelers recognize the stop from the road. Good to see a working farm making room for a little roadside hospitality. 08-26
Gulf Gas Station
Siler City,
NC Photo courtesy Richard Weiss
This Gulf Gas Station in Siler City retained enough of its older appearance to make the brand recognizable beyond the name alone. Familiar colors and a modest roadside layout recalled the neighborhood stations that once served communities across North Carolina. It was a welcome contrast to properties remodeled beyond recognition. 03-08
The building’s continued use helped preserve its connection with everyday local trade. Rather than becoming an abandoned shell, the property adapted to convenience-store service while retaining Gulf branding. That continuity gave the station a different story from the many photographed roadside businesses whose working lives had already ended.
UPDATE: The property remains open as a neighborhood convenience store and continues displaying the Gulf name. Although its role has evolved, it retains a recognizable link to its service-station past. Good to see an older roadside building still useful to the community it was built to serve. 08-26
Amoco (Closed)
Amoco (Closed)
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Gas Station (Closed)
Strawberry Hill USA
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