Shell Oil Company "Spectacular" Sign
Shell Oil Company "Spectacular" Sign | |
| File:Shell spectacular sign in 2008.jpg The sign and filling station pictured in 2008 | |
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| Location | Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S. |
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| Built | 1933 |
| Architect | Donnelly Electric Manufacturing Co. |
| Architectural style | Moderne |
| NRHP reference No. | 94000546 [1] |
| Added to NRHP | June 3, 1994 |
The Shell Oil Company "Spectacular" Sign is a historic advertising sign by the Shell USA (the US-based subsidiary of Shell plc) located at 187 Magazine Street in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
History
[edit | edit source]The Shell USA sign was built in a Moderne style in 1933 by Donnelly Electric Manufacturing Company, and was originally located on the Shell Company building in Boston on Commonwealth Avenue, which now houses Boston University Academy.
It was moved to its present site adjacent to Memorial Drive in 1944. It is, along with the Citgo sign in Boston, one of only two surviving advertising signs of its type in the area.[2] Although the regular station signage is updated to reflect the company's current logo, the "Spectacular" sign itself also remains in the same location where it has always been.
The sign was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1994.[1]
See also
[edit | edit source]- National Register of Historic Places listings in Cambridge, Massachusetts
- Commonwealth Avenue (Boston)
References
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- Commercial buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Massachusetts
- Individual signs in the United States
- Shell plc buildings and structures
- Buildings and structures in Cambridge, Massachusetts
- National Register of Historic Places in Cambridge, Massachusetts
- Individual signs on the National Register of Historic Places
- Buildings and structures completed in 1933
- 1933 establishments in Massachusetts
- Cambridge, Massachusetts Registered Historic Place stubs