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Gay Oil Company Building

Coordinates: 34°44′48″N 92°16′32″W / 34.74667°N 92.27556°W / 34.74667; -92.27556
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Gay Oil Company Building
Gay Oil Company Building is located in Arkansas
Gay Oil Company Building
Location in Arkansas
Gay Oil Company Building is located in the United States
Gay Oil Company Building
Location in United States
Location300 S. Broadway St.
Little Rock, Arkansas
Coordinates34°44′48″N 92°16′32″W / 34.74667°N 92.27556°W / 34.74667; -92.27556
Arealess than one acre
Built1925 (1925)
ArchitectWittenberg, Delony & Watts
Architectural styleClassical Revival
NRHP reference No.100001011[1]
Added to NRHPJune 5, 2017

The Gay Oil Company Building, is a historic commercial building at 300 South Broadway Street in Little Rock, Arkansas. It is a two-story brick building with Classical Revival styling. It was built in 1925 for Thomas Gay, founder of the Gay Oil Company, Little Rock's first oil company. The company's rise from its founding in 1907 mirrored the rise of the automobile as an important means of transportation.[2]

The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2017.[1]

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  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ "NRHP nomination for Gay Oil Company Building" (PDF). Arkansas Preservation. Retrieved 2017-11-12.