The City of Marshfield, Missouri, recently completed restoration of the Niangua Service Station, which first opened in 1925, shortly before U.S. 66 was certified.
KOLR-TV reports that the station now stands along Hubble Drive, next to the Webster County Route 66 marker.
“We were able to receive it and get it up here where it can be protected, be part of the city park system, and forever be enjoyed,” said Lyndall Fraker, who is a member of the Route 66 Centennial Commission. “Really, really proud that we were able to do that here in Webster County, and that led us to be able to do this whole project the way it’s supposed to be done, in the right way.”
The project was made possible by a $180,000 grant from Celebrate Missouri 66 and the Missouri Route 66 Commission.
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According to Route 66 Times, the cottage-style gas station dates to 1925 and sat a few hundred feet east of the Niangua River bridge on Highway CC (aka Route 66), a few miles east of Marshfield.
A photographer on Pinterest claimed the station was a Phillips 66.
Gary Dill donated the long-closed station to the Route 66 Centennial Committee, which moved it to its present location in late 2024.