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Shell Service Station Winston-Salem, Forsyth County, North Carolina, USA

The Shell Service Station in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, is a former gas station constructed in 1930 in the form of a giant yellow shell.

Shell Service Station-WS NC
This Shell Service Station is the only one to survive today from a total of eight built in the Winston-Salem, North Carolina, area. Image credit: National Park Service

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The Shell Service Station in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, is a former gas station constructed in 1930 in the form of a giant yellow shell. A great example of "novelty" architecture, it has been fully restored and is now an office of Preservation North Carolina.