Airplane Filling Station

Airplane Filling Station (HM2B9S)

Location: Knoxville, TN 37921 Knox County
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Country: United States of America
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N 36° 0.449', W 84° 1.872'

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In 1931 to tap the market newly created by the evolution of transportation and mobility of Americans, brothers Henry and Elmer Nickle of Powell, Tennessee, opened a gasoline filling station in the unusual shape of an airplane. The airplane is one of Tennessee's finest examples of mimetic design, a novelty type architecture, which takes the form of buildings that resemble the product sold there or some other novel design to attract drive-by customers. The Airplane Filling Station was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2004.
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HM NumberHM2B9S
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Year Placed2018
Placed ByTennessee Historical Commission
Marker ConditionNo reports yet
Date Added Monday, September 10th, 2018 at 11:02am PDT -07:00
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UTM (WGS84 Datum)16S E 767582 N 3988856
Decimal Degrees36.00748333, -84.03120000
Degrees and Decimal MinutesN 36° 0.449', W 84° 1.872'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds36° 0' 26.94" N, 84° 1' 52.32" W
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Area Code(s)865
Which side of the road?Marker is on the right when traveling East
Closest Postal AddressAt or near 6829 Clinton Hwy, Knoxville TN 37921, US
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