Roanoke, Alabama: Gas Station Crudely Shaped Like An Elephant
A homemade job, said to originally be a dentist's office made to look like teeth. Later modified to an elephant. The station is abandoned.
- Address:
- 820 Main St., Roanoke, AL
- Directions:
- On the north side of Hwy 22/Main St. about a half-mile west of the intersection of Hwy 1. Between the Small Town Bank and the J.F. Market gas station.
- RA Rates:
- Worth a Detour
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The old service station was originally a dentist's office in the 1940s, and the structure represented a set of teeth, I'm told by a local. When converted to a service station, it was modified into an elephant, the mascot of the University of Alabama.
[Bob Bell, 07/08/2012]
Gas Station Crudely Shaped Like An Elephant The title pretty much sums it up. Abandoned, crudely shaped elephant gas station. Worth a detour and next to an operating gas station if you need to make a pit stop.
[Stephanie, 08/08/2010]Awesome...a staple of my childhood. She's come down in stature and shape over the last couple decades, but the elephant gas station is still there!
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A homemade sort-of elephant, maybe crafted from some dim memory of a circus visit to Roanoke. Looks to be pre-World War II. The station is abandoned.