The station sold gasoline until the 1960s and then became an auto body shop until the late 1970s, when it closed its doors for good. It fell into disrepair and would have been destroyed had it not been for the town of Odell and the people who loved their gas station. In 1997, the station was listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Thanks to a concerted effort, the Illinois Route 66 Association, the Village of Odell, Illinois State Historic Preservation Office, the National Park Service Route 66 Corridor Preservation Program and Hampton Inn Landmarks have restored the station to its former glory. A Standard Oil sign hanging from the roof sways gently in the warm breeze, and an old-fashioned gas pump appears ready to serve the next customer. Although Odell's Standard Oil Gas Station no longer sells gasoline, it has become a welcoming center for the village of Odell. The station won the 2002 National Historic Route 66 Federation Cyrus Avery Award for the most outstanding Route 66 preservation project of the year.
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