Windmill Quaker State

Windmill Quaker State is a historic service station located at Parkersburg, Wood County, West Virginia. It was built in 1928 by the Quaker State Corporation, and is an example of an architectural folly. It is a roughcast stucco building with a windmill atop the gable roof.[2]

Windmill Quaker State
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Front of the building
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Location	800 Murdoch Ave., Parkersburg, West Virginia
Coordinates	39°16′11″N 81°33′31″W
Area	less than one acre
Built	1928
Architect	Glen Reynolds; George Nichols
MPS	Downtown Parkersburg MRA
NRHP reference No.	82001795[1]
Added to NRHP	October 8, 1982

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.[1]

References

1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
2. Eliza Smith, Christina Mann (December 1981). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Windmill Quaker State" (PDF). State of West Virginia, West Virginia Division of Culture and History, Historic Preservation. Retrieved 2011-09-10.