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Soulsby Service Station

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Henry Soulsby built the station in 1926 after an injury forced him to leave the mining industry and operated it along with his children Russell and Ola Soulsby. His son Russell, a
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and is the oldest usable service station on the highway in Illinois. It serves as an example of the house and canopy
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The station stopped pumping gas in 1991 and closed in 1993; plans currently exist to reopen it as a museum.
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naval communications technician, operated a radio and TV repair business out of the station as
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diverted highway traffic away from the site in the late 1950s.
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Soulsby Service Station is located in Illinois
Soulsby Service Station is located in the United States
Mount Olive, Illinois
39°4′23″N 89°44′8″W / 39.07306°N 89.73556°W / 39.07306; -89.73556
MPS
Route 66 through Illinois MPS
04000420
service station
Mount Olive
Illinois
U.S. Route 66
gas station
World War II
Interstate 55
"National Register Information System"
National Register of Historic Places
National Park Service
"Soulsby Service Station--Route 66: A Discover Our Shared Heritage Travel Itinerary"
National Park Service
"Route 66: History, Myth and Memory"
the original
"National Register of Historic Places Registration Form for Soulsby Service Station"
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