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Gas Station/Repair Shop - Now Salvatore's Pizza
| Historic Site #: | 13-084 (Exists) Type: H3 | Town: | Walworth | ||
| Site Name: | Gas Station/Repair Shop - Now Salvatore's Pizza | GPS Coordinates: | 43.138967, -77.272845 | ||
| Address: | 3719 Main Street, Walworth, NY | ||||
| Description: | |||||
This property was open space for a long time. See details below. It is currently Salvatore's Pizza The Walworth Historical Society did a series of articles on Main Street. This property is covered in Part 1. See link. It was also mentioned in Jay Taber's 2006 article "Penfield Road Tour". See link. The 1993 aerial photo (see link) shows the Pacific Hotel/Grange Building on the left and site of Salvatores on the right. Main Street Tour, part 1 Penfield Road Tour, Part 4 1993 Aerial Photo | |||||
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| 1947 Photo provided by the Walworth Historical Society | Photo provided by the Walworth Historical Society |
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| Photo provided by the Walworth Historical Society | Salavatore's Pizza - Photo by Bavis 4-10-19 |
| Historic narrative: | |||||
Southwest four corners - 1940’s: Vacant land. Park where school band concerts were held. - 1948: Stanley VanHoover purchased vacant corner lot and built gas station containing office and car repair bay; there was one Esso gas pump. Second car repair bay added sometime later. Warren Bell worked part time evenings and weekends for Stanley. - 1958: Stanley left and leased building to Radley Oil Company of Marion. Warren rented building from Radley for two years as City Service gas station. - 1960: Warren purchased it from Stanley, changed name to Sinclair, and later to Exxon. Added storeroom to the north, raised roof to the south, and added large window. - 1984: Property sold to Albert Schreiber who operated it as repair shop and gas station. - August 1991: Purchased by David Villa; became a Volkswagen repair shop. - Property has been operated by Warren and Betty Bell under these names: Bell’s Esso Service, Bell’s Sinclair Service, Bell’s Exxon Service, and Bell’s Mobil Service. In 2006, Jay Taber wrote in his Tour of Penfield Road articles the following description: 3719 Walworth-Palmyra Road/corner Penfield Road: In the 40’s this area at our four corners was a park, where the school band concerts were held. Stanley VanHoover purchased this vacant corner lot in 1948 and built a gas station containing an office and car-repair bay; there was one Esso gas pump. The second car- repair bay was added sometime later. Warren Bell worked part-time evenings and weekends for Stanley. When Stanley left in 1958 he leased the building to Radley Oil Company of Marion. Warren rented the building from Radley for two years before purchasing it from Stanley in 1960 and it became a Sinclair station. Warren added the storeroom to the north, raised the roof to the south, and added the large window. In 1984 the property was sold to Albert Schreiber who operated it as a repair shop and gas station. In August 1991 David Villa purchased it and it became a Volkswagen repair shop. The property has been operated by Warren and Betty Bell under these names: Bell’s Sinclair Service, Bell’s Esso Service, Bell’s Exxon Service, and Bell’s Mobil Service. The property has been vacant for approximately three years and is currently for sale by Warren and Betty. | |||||