Pure Oil Building Development in Full Swing

After all the angst about its future, construction around the Pure Oil building begins, while former tenants find new homes.

As Thanksgiving Day draws near, construction work on the Pure Oil Building is in full swing, leaving many Genevans thankful for the close a long-standing controversy over the fate of the historic building. Construction crews started tearing up the concrete around the iconic blue-roofed gas station building earlier this week. The Geneva City Council gave its approval for a drive-through bank facility in early September. Plans would preserve much of the building's exterior and use the garage bays for the drive-through of a bank office proposed to be located in the building to the west.  In April, property owner Joe Stanton had sought to demolish the building, but the Historic Preservation Commission denied the demolition permit. The decision…

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Noel G. Rooks

9:22 pm on Thursday, December 6, 2012

I'm just glad we were able to save the structure, more or less. The first plan called for it to be razed.   more ›