Service Station Plans for Goodyear Dealers, Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company, Inc., Akron, Ohio, 1927

Collection Type

  • Architecture

Date

1927

GUSN

GUSN-362016

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Description

Plan book containing twenty-one service station plans for Goodyear dealers. The plan book was published by the Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company in 1927. It was printed by the Superior Printing Company. The first pages of the plan book contan articles detailing the reasoning behind the designs, such as door placement, lighting, heating and ventilation, and more, and general specifications, followed by the service station designs. Each service station design comes with a design number and name, a description, floor plans, and an illustration of the service station. The book is labeled No. 15. All twenty-one service station plans were designed by architect Rowland M. Johnson.

Details

Descriptive Terms

service stations
business (commercial function)
tires
rubber (material)
pattern books
interior design
space planning
pattern books

Physical Descrption

1 plan book, 96 pages : illustrations ; 9 7/16 x 12 3/8 inches

Collection Code

AR001

Collection Name

General architectural and cartographic collection

Date of Acquisition

2016

Reference Code

AR001.UNK.037

Credit Line

Library & Archives purchase, 2016

Places

Akron (Summit county, Ohio)

Record Details

Originator

Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company (Publisher)
Superior Printing Co. (Printer)
Johnson, Rowland M., 1890-1940 (Architect)

Material Type

pattern books

Other People

Johnson, Rowland M., 1890-1940

Other Organizations

Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company
Superior Printing Co.

Subjects

Architecture

Description Level

Item

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