A portion of what some call the oldest building in the world in Lamar, the county seat of Prowers County, Colorado Physical description: 1 photograph : digital, tiff file, color. Notes: What's left of the old gas station gets its name because it is made of petrified wood, in effect, wood turned to stone, dating back 175 million years or so. Hoping to sidetrack tourists traveling along US 287 on their way through Lamar, Colorado to the Rocky Mountains, lumber dealer Brown built the one-of-a-kind structure in 1932. The station became a tire store in 1962 and as of this image (in 2015) was
A portion of what some call the oldest building in the world in Lamar, the county seat of Prowers County, Colorado Physical description: 1 photograph : digital, tiff file, color. Notes: What's left of the old gas station gets its name because it is made of petrified wood, in effect, wood turned to stone, dating back 175 million years or so. Hoping to sidetrack tourists traveling along US 287 on their way through Lamar, Colorado to the Rocky Mountains, lumber dealer Brown built the one-of-a-kind structure in 1932. The station became a tire store in 1962 and as of this image (in 2015) was part of a used-car lot.; Forms part of: Gates Frontiers Fund Colorado Collection within the Carol M. Highsmith Archive.;
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