Benton Filling Station, 33 East Taunton Road, Berlin, Camden County, NJ
Summary
Significance: During the 20th century gasoline stations have become one of the most pervasive types of commercial roadside architecture found in the United States. The Benton Filling Station is an early vernacular example of this building type and remains as one of the last relatively intact examples in Berlin Borough, New Jersey...
Survey number: HABS NJ-1232
Building/structure dates: ca. 1921 Initial Construction
Building/structure dates: 1935 Subsequent Work
Building/structure dates: 1941 Subsequent Work
Tags
automobile service stations
automobile repair
transportation
moving of structures
east berlin
benton
taunton
east taunton road
berlin
camden
camden county
new jersey
wright c benton
glenn a ceponis
historic american buildings survey
historic preservation group kise franks and straw
lauren meyer
kimberly n pruitt
rob tucher
photo
ultra high resolution
high resolution
library of congress
Date
1921
Contributors
Historic American Buildings Survey, creator
Benton, Wright C
Historic Preservation Group Kise Franks & Straw, contractor
Meyer, Lauren, transmitter
Tucher, Rob, photographer
Ceponis, Glenn A, historian
Pruitt, Kimberly N, delineator
Location
East Berlin
,
39.78128, -74.91060
Source
Library of Congress
Link
Copyright info
No known restrictions on images made by the U.S. Government; images copied from other sources may be restricted. http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/114_habs.html