Shell Oil Company "Spectacular" Sign

The Shell Oil Company "Spectacular" Sign is a historic advertising sign by the Shell Oil Company (the US-based subsidiary of Royal Dutch Shell placed at 187 Magazine Street in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States.)

Shell Oil Company "Spectacular" Sign
The sign pictured at night (2012)
LocationCambridge, Massachusetts
Coordinates42°21′24.5″N 71°06′51.9″W
Built1933
ArchitectDonnelly Electric Manufacturing Co.
Architectural styleModerne
NRHP reference No.94000546 [1]
Added to NRHPJune 3, 1994

History

The Shell Oil Company 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.

Sign and gas station in 2008

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

References
  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
  2. "MACRIS inventory record for Shell Sign". Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Retrieved 2021-12-13.


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