Originally built by Paul T. Carr as a modern, full-service, Philips 66 filling and service station.

It was stylish, three bay garage with a gabled front and narrow wing. This business provided many young people with their first jobs in the community. Mr. Carr also ran a Pontiac dealership in Cuba, Missouri.

Throughout the years, there were various owners and brands until Bill and Lynn Wallis bought it in 1968. It became the first Mobile Gas Station and offices of Wallis Oil company. Thier headquarters remains in town but across the street in a modern brick office building.

After Bills death in 2001, Lynn Wallis began a project that would honor her late husband and the stations history.

Collaboration with a Route 66 grant, Phillips 66 and others assisted the Wallis Family in restoring the station to its original 1930s glory. Artist Ray Harvey was commissioned to paint the vintage scenes on the garage bays in memory of Bill and the history of the station.