Dale Holly has the barbershop he’s owned since 1962 up for sale at 2312 Utica Ave., aka Route 66, in the Royal Heights neighborhood of Joplin, Mo.
But it’s not just any barbershop. Dale’s Ole 66 Barber Shop was a Phillips 66 gas station, built in the 1920s, Holly reckons. It also sold Shamrock gasoline, which Holly said was a “cut-rate” brand made by Phillips.
Holly, 76, said he rented it out to another hair stylist about three years ago. But the stylist opened her own place, and it’s been closed since February.
Holly says he’ll rent out the 400-square-foot barbershop for $400 a month. Or he’ll sell it along with four lots, a storage building, and a small house behind the shop, for $115,000.
If you want to talk to Holly about the property, he can be reached at 417-624-7483 or 417-483-5993.
(Photo courtesy of Route 66 TV Online.)
I had the pleasure of visiting with Dale a few months ago; he’s a nice guy and wealth of information on Rt66 in Joplin. His little shop is a rarity in Joplin, in that many of that town’s Rt66 buildings have been demolished or greatly altered.
September 14, 2009
My younger brother and I grew up in Royal Heights, Joplin, MO. I’m 8 years older than my brother born in 1954. He as a 7year old would ride his little red bike to this barber shop for his summer time hair cuts. He would come home with his hair smelling of Lilac-water. We lived at 2230 Salem Street, just two blocks south. Our family names is BARD.
Hello Dale my name is Linda English and I have a flea market in Joplin Mo. One of my vendors has one of the original barber chairs from your old shop. We were wondering if you by chance have any photographs of the interior of the shop