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Title
The Teapot Dome
Artist
Jeff Swan
Medium
Photograph - Photograph
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History
The Teapot Dome Service Station was built in 1922 on what later became U.S. Route 12. The building has a circular frame with a conical roof, sheet metal "handle", and a concrete "spout". The station was intended to be a reminder of the Teapot Dome Scandal that rocked the presidency of Warren G. Harding and sent Interior Secretary Albert Fall to prison for his role in leasing government oil reserves in, among other places, Teapot Dome, Wyoming. The unique service station continued operation as a full-service gas station[2] for some years. When Interstate 82 was constructed near Zillah, the station was relocated less than a mile down the Yakima Valley Highway. It is no longer in operation. In 2007, the City of Zillah purchased the station, and in 2012, relocated and rehabilitated the Teapot Dome Gas Station. The new location is 117 First Avenue, Zillah, Washington.
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September 18th, 2011
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Selah, WA - United States
i would say so Carol Thanks This was an old Mafia things they used it as an eagle tax write off Cant tell how the story goes but it had something to do with the teapot dome being a gas station and when they reported their taxes they reported it as a tea pot
Green Lane, PA - United States
Isn't programmatic architecture fun - just love this quirky little building!
Charlotte, NC - United States
Very unusual, Jeff!
Jeff Swan replied:
lol The Teapot dome was part of a Mafia Scam. It was a service station but they would claim it has a teapot or something like that and fruad the Gov
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