Mount Olive, Illinois: Soulsby's Service Station
1926 station pumped gas until 1991. Now restored, with a small museum inside.
- Address:
- 710 W. 1st St., Mount Olive, IL
- Directions:
- West edge of town. On the west side of Old Route 66, one block south of IL-138/W. Main St., on the southwest corner of Old Route 66 and W. 1st S. St.
- Hours:
- Daily 7-5
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Built in 1926, Soulsby's Service Station pumped only Shell gasoline in its 65 years of business. Recently restored pumps stand outside, and inside is a free museum filled with memorabilia and petroleum artifacts from the station's past.
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Henry Soulsby, who was a miner before he built the station, is buried in the same Mount Olive cemetery as Mother Jones, the miners' champion.