Tuesday, December 27, 2016
Esso-teric Westerly
A short holiday detour from the tour of Staten Island garages, living and defunct, to Westerly, Rhode Island...
Not designed as a garage per se, but rather part of the Smith Quarry operation, this handsome building from 1884 has not been used for many years.
Most recently, part of the former Ray Hoxsie Buick dealership on Granite Street, earlier markings suggest it was once an Esso station. According the Westerly Sun, the building may get a new life as a restaurant.
Please don't call it Le Garage.
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Thanks for your post! We have driven past this building for years and never knew its history. I wish someone would restore it.
ReplyDeleteI have a pair of salt and pepper shakers from the former Holliday & Joyce Esso station located here.
ReplyDeleteSadly, they just tore the building down. https://www.thewesterlysun.com/news/westerly/westerlys-1884-granite-building-formerly-hoxsie-car-dealer-and-smith-quarry-office-is-no-more/article_62e889bc-438b-11ee-b784-77e3e7426819.html
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