Shell Oil Company "Spectacular" Sign
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Shell Oil Company "Spectacular" Sign
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| Location | Cambridge, Massachusetts |
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| Built | 1933 |
| Architect | Donnelly Electric Manufacturing Co. |
| Architectural style | Moderne |
| NRHP Reference # | 94000546 [1] |
| Added to NRHP | June 3, 1994 |
The Shell Oil Company "Spectacular" Sign is a historic sign at 187 Magazine Street in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States. The Shell Oil Company sign was built in a Moderne style in 1933 by Donnelly Electric Manufacturing Company, and was originally located on the Shell Company building on Commonwealth Avenue. It was moved to its present site adjacent to Memorial Drive in 1944. It is, along with the Citgo sign in Boston, one of only two surviving advertising signs of its type in the area.[2]
The sign was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1994.[1]
See also
References
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- Buildings and structures on the National Register of Historic Places in Massachusetts
- Individual signs
- Royal Dutch Shell buildings and structures
- Buildings and structures in Cambridge, Massachusetts
- National Register of Historic Places in Cambridge, Massachusetts
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