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An ad for Grobaty’s Service Station, note the price for lubrication. (Eagle Rock Sentinel 11/16/1928)

Interestingly a very similar Standard Station was built at 2223 Colorado (on the corner of Rowland Avenue opposite the library) in 1923. This illustration with Eagle Rock’s characteristic downtown street light appeared in the Eagle Rock Sentinel. (2/15/1923)

This rendering of a forward-looking modern service station appeared in the Standard oil Bulletin illustrating the pride taken in this style of station by the giant oil company. It gives clues to the look of a restored building. (Standard Oil Bulletin April 1922 p265)

The station and the adjoining buildings photographed as part of a survey of commercial buildings on Colorado in 1988. (Eric Warren-ERVHS)

Ad for Clairville Plumbing which appeared in the Eagle Rock Sentinel’s 50th anniversary edition in 1960.

Ad for the new oil service station in the Eagle Rock Advertiser, 5/6/1932.

The current condition of the building. Having decided that they wished the building to be removed the new owners, contracted with a developer to remove and possibly re-use the building. Based on his personal judgment,
the developer began an unpermitted and ill-advised effort to dismantle the building. At present the doors have been removed to an- other location and the window frames are piled behind the building. (Katie Taylor-ERVHS)

The condition of the building in 2021 at the time of the property’s sale with the Clairville building on the adjoining lot at 1655. (Chrisnet photo)

The station at 1659 Colorado Boulevard as it stood in 1998, photographed as part of a survey of the commercial buildings in 1998. (Eric Warren-ERVHS)

Maria Van Schaak (Lili St Cyr [pronounced sincere]) Publicity photo as “Salome” Ms. St Cyr’s mother married Ian Blackadder. (ERVHS)