Last week’s Photo Detective showed what might have been Woodstock’s smallest gas station, located at 425 Washington St.; the street address was 421 Washington St. until 1944. Today, shrubs and […]

This building is in the running for the smallest gas station in Woodstock. Built in 1929, it operated as a Shell station until ceasing operation in 1941. The building is […]

The station was located at 235 Washington St. After Andrew Steffensen retired, Ralph Kristensen stepped in to lease the station in 1946. In 1961, he moved his business across the […]

How did you do, Photo Detectives? The building pictured above is located at 245 McHenry Ave., at the northwest corner of Routes 120 and 47. The spot was nicknamed Six […]

While our dedicated Photo Detectives might find this photo relatively easy, The Woodstock Independent also asks you to identify the building’s chain of owners. Caps on? Here are your clues. […]

Photo Detectives, did you recognize this gas station as the current location of Frisbie & Lohmeyer Insurance? In 1964, Maurice and Leland Brasile took over from the Goodall family, changing […]

This month, Photo Detectives, we have two photos to help you identify the location. Harvard businessman F.R. Goodall founded one of the first oil companies in McHenry County. He distributed […]

This month’s Photo Detective challenge, from Gene Limbaugh’s collection of gas station photos, might prove difficult for readers as the building has undergone several expansions. Louis Wendt began operating the […]

Photo Detectives, we expect that it wasn’t too hard last week to pinpoint this station at 501 Washington St. In 1930, Harold Riley and his sister Helen opened Riley and […]

A familiar Woodstock landmark, this Mobil gas station – pictured in 1961 – has a 93-year history. In 1930, the “filling station” sold No Nox gasoline, as well as groceries […]