the pit stop

 

By definition, a pit stop is a brief stop during a journey to refuel or rest.  This building is at its final pit stop.  Often built by major oil companies, gas stations marked highway routes.  As traffic patterns changed and businesses changed hands, the classic stations of the 50s and 60s, with attendants who filled tanks and washed windshields, were abandoned.  Often they were repurposed - as this building became Your Pit Stop Auto Service.  Now it appears to be "in the pits" awaiting a new life.

 

511 North 4th Street

Lamesa, Texas

6-16-2014