This former gas station, the old Verbrick's 24 Hour Service, is an example of the Tudor/Elizabethan Revival movement of architecture, distinguished by its fine half-timbering, slate roof, and leaded windows. Built around 1930, this edifice in the Washington Street Historic District was part of an effort instigated by the Menasha Woodenware to create a business district in the “English style of architecture” to optimize use of the US 41 corridor which at that time was running down Washington Street and into Menasha. The Brin Building completed in 1928 was also part of this initiative, as was the engraving company next door, Northwestern Engraving (see the July 30th blog entry), but the rest of the business district was never realized.
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