Gas stations · Colorado
Petrified Wood Gas Station, GHF
Retrofitted gas station (1932) now office/used car dealership; no new development opportunity. · summary, model-written
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County lost 10%+ of retail establishments since 2012
This site: -14% census-cbp · all sites with thisShrinking county
This site: -1.0% census-acs · all sites with thisReinhabited
This site: …office space and a used car dealership record · all sites with thisCar dealership
This site: …office space and a used car dealership newtypes-extraction · all sites with thisOffice
This site: …office space and a used car dealership newtypes-extraction · all sites with thisRetail (continued)
This site: …new_use field newtypes-extraction · all sites with thisNow
| Status | Retrofit builtnewtypes-extraction reported |
|---|---|
| Strategy | ReinhabitedWikipedia no source |
| New uses | office, retailWikipedia no source |
| What is there now | office space and a used car dealershipnewtypes-extraction reported |
Links out
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Official records (3)
government and regulatory records for this site, built from ids on the record
- Prowers County (08099) profile (data.census.gov)from data.census.gov
- FEMA flood map (NFHL) at this point (search)from msc.fema.gov
- EPA ECHO facilities within 1 milefrom echo.epa.gov
Reference (3)
encyclopedic and research references
- Wikimedia Commons photos within 500 mfrom commons.wikimedia.org
- Retrofitting Suburbia (book site)from retrofittingsuburbia.com
- Lamar, Colorado on Wikipediafrom en.wikipedia.org
Place (8)
map and street views by coordinates
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- Street Viewfrom google.com
- Bing Mapsfrom bing.com
- Apple Mapsfrom maps.apple.com
- OpenStreetMapfrom openstreetmap.org
- Walk Score at this pointfrom walkscore.com
- Transitland mapfrom transit.land
- USGS National Mapfrom apps.nationalmap.gov
Market (1)
listings and owner pages; commercial, so search engines are told not to follow
- LoopNet: for sale in Lamar, CO (search)from city search
News (2)
news searches and archived pages
- Google News: “Petrified Wood Gas Station, GHF” (search)from name search
- Bing News: “Petrified Wood Gas Station, GHF” (search)from name search
History and original facts
| Opened | 1932newtypes-extraction reported |
|---|---|
| Original developer | W.G. Brownnewtypes-extraction reported |
| County | Prowers County |
| Census division | 8 · Mountain |
| Notes | Draft from Wikipedia, model-extracted, unreviewed: The Petrified Wood Gas Station in Lamar, Colorado, built in 1932, was converted to office space and a used car dealership. |
Not yet recorded: acres, GLA, retrofit year. Know it? Tell us.
Planning
| No zoning change, subsidy or policy tool recorded for this site. |
Site context
| Housing permits, Prowers County (CO), 2024 | 0 units in 5+ unit buildings, 0 in 2–4, 18 single-family; 2023: 0 in 5+Census BPS |
|---|---|
| Retail trade in the county, 2025 (BLS QCEW) | 726 jobs in 50 establishments; average annual pay $33,609; employment location quotient 1.57; employment +2.1% on the yearBLS QCEW 2025, NAICS 44-45, private |
| Jobs located in the tract, 2022 | 1,176 jobs; 241 in retail trade, 242 in accommodation and food (workplace blocks summed to tract 08099000200)Census LEHD LODES8 WAC 2022 |
| Upward mobility (Opportunity Atlas, 2010 tract) | children of low-income (25th percentile) families reached the 39th income percentile as adults; 4.0% incarcerated at the 2010 count (827 children in the sample); born 1978–83, measured 2014–15Opportunity Insights |
| Food access (USDA FARA 2019, 2010 tract) | not a low-access tract at 1 mile; 0% of residents more than 1 mile from a supermarket; poverty rate 26.7%; median family income $34,208; 246 SNAP householdsUSDA ERS |
| Schools | Lamar School District RE-2 (PK-12); 3 public schools within 1 mile: Lamar Middle School; Parkview Elementary School; Washington Elementary SchoolNCES EDGE |
| Elevation | 3,619 ft above sea level at the site pointUSGS 3DEP |
| Storm events in the county, 2016-2025 | 207 county-logged events: 94 hail, 84 thunderstorm wind, 11 heavy rain, 8 tornado; $140,000 property damage reported; forecast-zone events (most flood, winter and heat) not countedNOAA Storm Events |
| Homes for sale in ZIP 81052, 2026-09 | median list price $200,500 (-3.8% on the year); 32 active listings; median 61 days on market; 21% with a price cutRealtor.com Research |
| Retail trade in the county, 2012 to 2023 | 49 establishments (-14%); 581 jobsCensus CBP |
| Housing market in the county | typical home value $169,863 (-2% 1 yr, +18% 5 yr), 2026-09Zillow Research |
| Traffic on the busiest road within 600 m (2024) | 20,000 vehicles a day on U.S. 50 (principal arterial, 4 lanes); 2,120 trucks; 38 counted segmentsFHWA HPMS |
Summary, model-written
Petrified Wood Gas Station (1932, W.G. Brown) in Lamar, CO, is currently built as office space and a used car dealership. The record states 'retrofit already built' as the reason for 0 opportunity score. No new development is indicated. Traffic data shows U.S. 50 (4 lanes, 20,000 ADT) nearby. Housing market data (ZHVI $169,863, -1.6% YoY) and peer comparisons are provided but do not alter the site's current status or development potential.
Why. Record explicitly states retrofit is complete and no opportunity exists. Traffic data is factual context only. Housing/peer data is irrelevant to current site status.
Where it stands. Existing structure, no new development opportunity.
For a planner
- U.S. 50 traffic context available
- No new development potential indicated
For a developer
- No opportunity to retrofit (already built)
- Current uses: office, used car dealership
What we do not know yet
- No future development plans stated
- No vacancy rates or tenant data provided
- No indication of ownership or land use constraints
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Multifamily screen
- retrofit already built
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Timeline
- 1932 built
- 1932 Opened
Sources
- Petrifaction · CC BY-SA 4.0
2 quoted sentences
The Petrified Wood Gas Station, GHF
built in 1932
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