Abandoned Texaco - Weatherford, TX

Abandoned Texaco - Weatherford,TX. According to Kayla, this place has been closed for quite some time. It showed inside especially based on decay. At one point the main building had wood paneling on it like the shed to the right of it. After decay took a toll, it was removed and it revealed the old look of this old gas station.
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[@samanthahester8451]

This place has been closed since the 80's. I was born and raised in Weatherford and the Texaco has never been open. There has been a few people who have tried to fix this place up over the last 30 years but it hasn't happened yet. I hope it will reopen someday!

[@forestjordan6095]

Very cool!

[@Optopolis]

I love the vintage Texaco stations! I know of one that's not in use and appears to still be kept clean tho, it's super retro!

[@shanereichsr2382]

Nice little find I miss the old Texaco stations

[@doug9066]

I do too.

[@news89]

Now that is one nice old school gas station ⛽.

[@nicolemacpherson3908]

Love love love the videos from all the different states besides PA. They make me feel like I'm traveling from the safety and comfort of my own home! No packing luggage, no rest stops!

[@tjchristian9582]

Not long ago, both buildings had that same western look. It was owned by some Vietnamese folks that came up from bay city tx. We lived 2 blocks east of there and used to walk there and use the pay phone.

[@haleybethmckee]

This is literally right down the street from me lol

[@atx_marxco]

What's the address?

[@chunksknows8890]

Wow I still live in Weatherford

[@rayarsenault4774]

5:28 Those pumps are old Gilbarco MPDs (Multi-Product Dispensers). Very retro, knowing that it's not compatible with any current controller.

[@dynatrak]

They look like they are possibly model B79.

[@rayarsenault4774]

@@dynatrak you're probably right.

[@glennellis1584]

@@rayarsenault4774 before the digital pumps were introduced with card readers.

[@rayarsenault1958]

@@glennellis1584 some of the later MPDs did support what was called "single-line CRIND." I also don't believe there's still a currently supported console around that supports that either.

[@glennellis1584]

@@rayarsenault1958 We had the last mechanical pumps that were TOIKEN mfd. three digit only.Sale went to $9.99. When Texaco first introduced LOW LEAD as a third grade, we lost our Marine White pump & tank. Then we had SKY CHIEF, FIRE CHIEF & LEAD FREE. All from individual pumps.Still a 5 pump station with 44,000 gals per month. Had to order gas every three days. Then in 1977 the "SYSTEM 2000" concept came out conveinance style. We got rid of the gas at that time, & converted to Auto Service & repair only. 28 yrs on that stinking corner 1964-1992. Retained Goodyear Tire dealership as well as Gates belts & hose, Delco & Ford factory batteries.

[@mr.fixit2181]

I miss the long videos

[@lesartisofadementedmind517]

I was inside that Texaco in December 2003. The clerk was shot in the head and there was a lot of body/brain matter all over the office walls. Rumor was that this murder was a inside job. I lived close by on bridge street. I remember the barn building was a restaurant that closed around 1998 or so.

[@sophieturner7325]

I see this gas station a lot and always wondered what it was

[@chainmail5886]

The guy who used to own it was named Mr Kim. He was a Korean immigrant. Lived there back in the 90s

[@tejasgal8299]

When I was a teenager during the 80’s I used to live on Bridge St so it was convenient for me to get gas here. The owner was an Oriental man very sweet and I would chat with him a few minutes. As far as I know no one has occupied this convenience store since the 80s

[@jonathancreveling5658]

Those brackets were where the garage door tracks would be

[@carlavision6143]

Wallie, awesome and cool old abandoned Texaco! Really enjoyed your video and glad no ads butted in because, I can't stand them!

[@Hiswifefolifebds]

I do believe this was before 2000 it’s been close since I can remember I don’t remember ever being opened and I am 43 and I moved Weatherford at eight

[@bruceholbrooks1329]

i used to buy gas there when i worked for the Hood-Parker Soil and Water Conservation District. i would fill up the company truck to head to Grandbury Office

[@pauled8no1]

Wallie, always a pleasure watching you. That Texaco dates back to the early 1950s. It was built as a Texaco. It’s an “ice box” designed by Walter Dorwin Teague. The white paneling with the green stripes is original to the building. It’s porcelain enamel steel, which is why they nicknamed it ice box. They used that color scheme until around 1970. It never had neon. You are right that those were bay doors originally. It would have said “Marfak Lubrication” over the left one and “washing” over the right one in green letters. It would have said Texaco in red letters on the little canopy attached to the building, also original. That’s where the original pump island was. Neat that it stayed with its original brand right to the end. You can Google Teague Texaco to see what it would have looked like. I love that they took the wood paneling off to reveal the porcelain enamel. Note how well the porcelain held up. I hope it gets saved! I’d love to know why they reused an Arco pump in the middle. The one that was regular only had an ARCO star on the bottom.

[@wolfmanradio]

Awesome bit of information there. Thank you for that.

[@wolfmanradio]

There’s another similar old Texaco station down the road from this one, which at this moment is vacant. It’s at 101 Southeast Pkwy, Azle, Texas. Hopefully these beautiful old stations will find purpose that will allow them to be preserved.

[@mikefelty2625]

@@wolfmanradio I remember that one in Azle as a kid. They actually did a video on old Kmart across from it a couple months ago. Another building like this on and the one in Azle is a building at 410 South Main in Weatherford. It's called Mulligan water or something and the building is blue.

[@wolfmanradio]

@@mikefelty2625 Wow, another Walter Teague "ice box" Texaco station! Thanks for that location. I've seen that Culligan Water building, but I couldn't remember where. I'm new to the area and still discovering all of the architectural treasures.

[@mikefelty2625]

@@wolfmanradio No problem.👍That Culligan water place is maybe a mile from they filmed in this video. Where are you from originally? I was born in Fort Worth, raised in Azle, and have been in Weatherford for about 15 years. I've actually been inside that Culligan building when it was being used by a glass company and I needed a windshield.

[@Rossturnerphoto]

Great find. The building looks to be from the 50s or older and the gas canopy looks like it's from the 80s. I love vintage gas stations. I only wish that was still a sign on the canopy or the Star of the American Road sign underneath was more visible.

[@lesartisofadementedmind517]

This was opened until 2001 0r 2. No matter what anyone says the old products on the shelves like snacks had a best before date of no later than February 2002. In between the barn building and the Texaco was a gate . Behind that gate leaning on the 2nd window down was a old gas pump. I climbed on it and used the broken window as a ladder. Behind the window was the walk in cooler

[@ZeeMann_Retail]

Good video man keep it up!!

[@StantonsJourneys]

Awesome little gas stations, don'r see those as often anymore. Thanks for sharing.

[@gradymcclintock3766]

I thought you filmed this one before

[@brendakrieger7000]

Weatherford looks like a really cute town! Thank you very much for sharing.❤😊

[@coltonmartinez1935]

It’s not.

[@Theprodogegameeytp82]

pretty nice if you wanna live in a quiet town

[@brendakrieger7000]

@@Theprodogegameeytp82 I do!

[@scottlillis4849]

Cool video Wallie. That gas station was probably really nice back in the day. The building aside of the gas station looks like it might have been a general store at one time.

[@matthybel4535]

Looks like an old old style Texaco

[@wesscox8374]

This is actually my families gas station and it was shut down because the old tanks shifted and started to leak and they wanted close to 1million dollars to correct the issue and shut it down and noone would vuy it because of that until now. Someone bought it early this year and started doin the repairs slash gutting the place because asbestos and then corona hit and they cant afford it just yet but soon will be back up and running

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[@cheaplaughkennedy2318]

Yea it did look like old bays were there for auto repair and that front door looks like it had lead based paint at one time . Really cool old garage maybe from the fifties.

[@jesusrangel1375]

Very cool video I live in Weatherford and its nice to see someone notice the little thing like this.👍

[@gerardcarriera7052]

My Uncle Joe had a gas station identical to this one back in the late 50s - early 60s. I remember it well with it's flip digital pumps and Texaco in red letters over the office door and a red star over each corner of the building. If my memory is correct, the red pump was "Fire Chief" regular grade gas and "Sky Chief" was a gray pump. There was a long hose across the pump island that was a trigger for the "ding ding" bell to tell the attendant there was a customer waiting to be filled. He sold it around 1961 as he also owned a Cities Service (Citgo) station that was also his Diamond Rio truck dealership. Such fond memories!!!

[@shawnsr8459]

I love old texaco stations... thanks for sharing 👍👍👍

[@doug9066]

I miss the dsys of the full size gasoline stations as I've seen when I was a kid.

[@MrIceman22]

Thanks for sharing Wallie.. Hope you guys are doing good. :D I really enjoy these small road side found :D

[@danestegman155]

Good video! Wonder why the gas pumps were not taken out of this place! That's what usually happens when they close up! It's too bad something has not gone there yet!

[@slackingpacking]

Nice little find, Texaco’s are rare to find. Open and closed.

[@DAVIDSRETAILADVENTURES]

Great video Wallie

[@Heyitslaurendanae]

Haha I took my sisters senior pics there about 3 years ago. Dope photography spot,. They just recently started to clean up the outside and ripped stuff down in the past few months. The whole building was covered in that old wood shed look.

[@redabarker4116]

Mr. Kim had a full service pump, I miss it... now I have to check my own oil and tires....

[@JJMCB26]

I'm getting a lot of Back To The Future vibes with this old Texaco gas station, the building itself reminds me of 1955 Hill Valley while the stand alone gas pumps with shelter is like 1985 Hill Valley.

[@Mememan-bi6ys]

I saw a Texaco by a Outback Steakhouse that was turned to a Marathon Gas Station and It used to be a Shell Gas Station.

[@Sportskid-23]

Now it is up for sale again hopefully they get it sold and fix it up by the Dairy Queen

[@jet34thehawk]

Awesome video 👌👌

[@ErikVince]

That was a cool little fine there

[@alanlough638]

A cool video! I really like the old school gas stations. I miss the old school service stations we had here Weirton,WV. Those old service stations had really great and honest auto mechanics. The owners were honest as well. It's hard to find old school businesses around anywhere anymore.

[@kenw6361]

Alan Lough Have you been to the old SOHIO next to the Speedway on Sunset in Steubenville? I think it’s a museum now.

[@alanlough638]

@@kenw6361 No, I never have been to the old SOHIO. Why do you ask, just wondering.

[@kenw6361]

I noticed you were from Weirton and thought you might be interested in checking it out. It's set up like it's from the late 60s early 70s.

[@kenw6361]

I noticed you were from Weirton and thought you might be interested in checking it out. It's set up like it's from the late 60s early 70s.

[@alanlough638]

@@kenw6361 Thanks, someday I'll check it out. Though, because of the coronavirus, I'm postponing going there until sometime after the pandemic is over. I stay as close to home as possible. Thanks for the information about it.

[@Christopher0817]

Wow what a cool little find I relly love vintage looking places like this so sad to see it in the shape that it is

[@Hiswifefolifebds]

This has been close it’s before the 90s and it was recently last year renovated but still not open it looks like they were going to make a drive-through burrito pet but I don’t know what happened at never opened you should go back and do a new video for it

[@bradkern7377]

I love how the pumps had no credit card readers on them

[@mrkrzt]

Love the channel and videos! You and your girlfriend look so good together!

[@jakesawesomevids7908]

I found some old Texaco commercials if you want to know them

[@hudsonmiller2409]

green and whit is bp or quakerstate

[@lenisbennett3062]

That Texaco station was built before interstate twenty bypassed Weatherford it sets on old Hwy 80 that runs through town. Things change over time a business will come and go. In 1948 Weatherford got a drive in movie I was 3 at the time we also had 3 walk in theaters down town all owned by the same person. I worked at the drive in as a field boy for $8.97 per week after taxes. All that's left of the drive in is The marquee. We had a bowling alley and three skating rinks two miniature golf courses. And more pretty girls then you would normally find in a town this size. I guess that most people love there hometown and I'm no different. If there is a downside to Weatherford it is to close to the DFW metro plex.

[@dynatrak]

Cool, I haven't seen this one before.

[@katreadsandstitches233]

We live in Aledo, drive by here all the time! Haven’t explored your channel much to see if you have already, but you should check out Mineral Wells. Lots of abandoned buildings and that old western vibe.

[@claudespeed277]

U gotta come through Tulsa someday on ure way to texas, there are 3 abandoned Kmarts in the area, one of them has been abandoned for a decade. There are also several long Jon silvers that have been abandoned. Lots of potential content

[@joecarter9564]

Hey that’s my hometown! Really cool seeing places I grew up with on KZbin.

[@aspfilms1085]

Wallie, I'm not sure if someone has already mentioned this - but did you notice the ARCO logo on one of the pumps?

[@jqueen1380]

Love the old gas stations.

[@joeydersario2470]

Love seeing this video

[@loudelvis610]

Looks like it was originally a Sinclair station .....they had that look white with green stripe near ground and around roof

[@xaingo76]

5:42 Why is there ARCO signage on that one pump?

[@user-ci9ri4fl5pBuckeyeChessie]

I noticed the ARCO logo too, very strange. The closets ARCOs are in Arizona.

[@marryyork5748]

Where is it at. I would love to see this

[@adamsATSfan415]

goodvideo

[@Kirby377]

That was nice it’s a shame that it is abandoned. I would like to have that as my home away from home have it filled with the stuff that makes me happy my personal hang out like having your own man cave. Love those little mom and pop stations they were the best. Wallie my wife watched this video with me this is the first video she has seen of your she said you made her feel as if she was there also she liked it. I told her Kayla would say “ have a Kmartlishious day “ at the end of the video she laughed when Kayla said “ have a Texacolishious day .

[@glennellis1584]

"Ding~Ding FRONT BOY ~ don't forget the S&H Greenstamps. The Interstate killed the location on Hwy 80. Gas, bread, beer & cigarettes, Converted service bay/washrack to groceries, the refrigerated cabinet was where the bare wall in the back was.

[@marryyork5748]

What is the little building

[@chrisholt4273]

this store was closed down because of the store owner was robbed and murdered. and his family was to devastated to do anything else with it. and last i checked his killer was never found. there use a to be a body shop right beside it as well. but when it was open it was an awesome store. the owner was very nice and he had the best ICEE machine in town. me and my dad would stop by there every monday going and coming home from boyscouts.

[@wesscox8374]

Where did you hear this lol...my family is all still alive besides my granfather who just passed 6 years ago of natural causes and owned it and was shut down because the tanks leaked and can found found in texas ground water monitoring and is why there are a bunch of legal crap all over the front doors and was going to cost close to 1million to repair everything and been for sale for many years...as long as i can remember but noone wanted to pay that plus property price but after many legal battles we finally got it sold and someone new owns the property and has plans but corona virus put a hold on funding and permits ect for them. Good story though and very interesting

[@bruceypop9312]

At 10:59 it looks like there is someone tied up in the back seat of your car. I'm serious. Anyways always like your vids.

[@bettyallen8730]

Brucey Pop it did look like someone’s knee maybe but something was back there.

[@harrycurrie8244]

That old wood building was a feed store it closed in 2000 Mahoney on it

[@marryyork5748]

Lots of hungry suckle vines in the back

[@Theprodogegameeytp82]

oh this got turned into arlyns baked burritos but that closed

[@robertmailhos8159]

Texaco is making a small come back but now they are owned by Chevron oil company

[@doug9066]

I didn't know that were owned by Chevron Oil. We used to have Texaco stations in Lubbock which disappeared several years ago.

[@robertmailhos8159]

@@doug9066 i.lived In Griffin ga ever.now then a gas station/ convenient store would change who they represent,Ed in the gas they sold u knew gas station/ convenient store that still had the Texaco name on the gas pump cover the thing that caught my eye is the texeco oil container had the Chevron logo on the bottle I just looked up who now own,s texeco oil and it,s is owned by Chevron

[@paigegallasso81]

Seeing these videos of you exploring my town is creepy as hell lol

[@hudsonmiller2409]

texacos colors wer red,black,white

[@PMPAKULA]

WOW the pumps did not have a credit card slot

[@michaelkeller5742]

U should come to Muncie Indiana and do the abandoned sears at our mall

[@paolafelix3397]

right next to DQ I know exactly where this is.

[@cvpiDOTnet]

Hope you have some Dairy Queen while you were there.

[@sbtamu]

I live 3 blocks from here. Got DQ tonight from next door.

[@suzannethomas1090]

Hey Wallie great video

[@alekane47]

What's this by?

[@M_Dub1]

Literally down the street from me lol, hit up antebellum I work there, red hair dude

[@davidbeeson1178]

I'm sure it looked awesome in its heyday, there is nothing like the way things used to look. They stopped nowadays is just blah.

[@juniorkoos5572]

The gas station across the street looks abandoned

[@DanaK817]

That's Skinny's Hamburgers..not abandoned. Great food

[@conman-theanimaker5230]

One world of the Texas!!!!!!!!!!! Texaco, why did it close????

[@adamsATSfan415]

probably was underperforming i don't know i never been to the dfw area dallas fort worth area.

[@adamsATSfan415]

@Amber5 _ 2014 no he was wondering why it closed i knew it did around 2001-2002 wallie and Kayla said.

[@adamsATSfan415]

@Amber5 _ 2014 But thx for asking :)

[@steffyherself]

They will have to demolish it, it's all rotten anyway... but nice place!

[@bmwfan1229]

Hi i lv ur videos and the burger king went out of buissniss in Sheridan WY

[@ryanclifton7033]

Those windows could of been busted by vandals hail storm all of that

[@f23948]

Texaco is now Chevron

[@forestjordan6095]

Texaco is still texaco just merged with chevron

[@f23948]

@@forestjordan6095 yes i know

[@lisazimmerman5882]

I was like 3 when that closed lol

[@TehSaviorRemixer]

Lisa Zimmerman I was 26 in time when this closed

[@ccorri97]

2nd