Cucamonga Service Station

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We preserve one of Rancho Cucamonga’s oldest roadside landmarks, built in 1915 along Foothill Boulevard more than a decade before the road became part of U.S. Route 66. William Harvey was the station’s original owner, serving motorists and the surrounding agricultural community as automobile travel began reshaping Southern California. The station later became closely associated with Richfield Oil, and its distinctive roadside architecture, pumps and service-station character remained part of the landscape until operations ended in the early 1970s.

After decades of deterioration, the property was designated a Rancho Cucamonga city landmark in 2009 and acquired by Route 66 Inland Empire California in 2013. Volunteers and donors restored the station to its colorful Richfield-era appearance, reopening it as a Route 66 museum in 2015. Today, visitors can explore exhibits and artifacts related to the station, local history and the Mother Road, meet volunteer docents and see a remarkably preserved example of the small service stations that once greeted travelers across America. The property was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2018.

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