Tramway Gas Station
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Tramway Gas Station
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Palm Springs Visitor Center, 2009
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| Location | 2901 North Palm Canyon Palm Springs, California United States |
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| Built | 1965 |
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| Architectural style | Desert Modern |
| NRHP Reference # | 15000645 |
| Added to NRHP | September 28, 2015 |
The Tramway Gas Station is a landmark former Enco service station in Palm Springs, California, United States, so named because of its location at the foot of Tramway Road, the lone road leading to the base of the Palm Springs Aerial Tramway. It was intended to be the first Palm Springs building visitors saw when approaching the city from the north via California State Route 111.
History
The building with its distinctive, cantilevered, wedge-shaped canopy (referred to as a hyperbolic paraboloid on a historic marker mounted on the building) was built in 1965 and was designed by Albert Frey and Robson C. Chambers. It is considered to be a prime example of modernism in architecture.
The station had closed by the mid 1990s and its fate was in doubt until its purchase by a private interest who erected a wall around the property and converted it into an art gallery. The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2015.[1]
It serves today as the Palm Springs Visitor Center.[2]
Photo gallery
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Abandoned Tramway Gas Station, 1997.
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Station with aerial tramway sign in the background, 1997.
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Entrance to visitors center, 2006.
See also
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- Modernist architecture in California
- International style architecture in the United States
- Transport infrastructure completed in 1965
- Buildings and structures in Riverside County, California
- Palm Springs, California
- Visitor attractions in Riverside County, California
- National Register of Historic Places in Riverside County, California
