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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.

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Windmill Quaker State
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Location800 Murdoch Ave., Parkersburg, West Virginia
Coordinates39°16′11″N 81°33′31″W / 39.26972°N 81.55861°W / 39.26972; -81.55861
Arealess than one acre
Built1928
ArchitectGlen Reynolds; George Nichols
MPSDowntown Parkersburg MRA
NRHP reference No.820017951
Added to NRHPOctober 8, 1982

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

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.1

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  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 September 10, 2011.