About Former Gas Stations

Former Gas Stations is a community-built directory of fuel stations that have closed — and the new lives they’ve taken on. The corner station that’s now a coffee roaster, the old service bay turned taproom, the canopy sheltering a taco window: these conversions are everywhere once you start looking, and this is where we keep track of them.

Where this came from

The project grew out of our own adaptive-reuse work on Hill Street Pavilion, a former gas station we brought back to life as a gathering place. Researching its history, we kept stumbling on other stations that had been reinvented — and realized no one was collecting them in one place. So we started.

What qualifies

The one firm rule: a location must have historically sold gasoline. A purpose-built filling or service station counts, whether it’s now a restaurant, a shop, an office, or still sitting vacant.

• In scope: any building that once operated as a gas or service station, in any current use — including ones still empty.
• Out of scope: car dealerships, repair garages, and car washes that never sold fuel.

How it works

Listings are submitted by visitors and reviewed by us before they appear, so the map stays accurate. Know a station we’re missing, or spot something that needs fixing? Submit a location or get in touch.