Published December 13. 2020 05:20PM
By late Sunday, all that was left of the former Brown’s Gulf Station on North Railroad Street, Route 309, in Tamaqua was a pile of rubble.
Workers from Radocha Excavating of Coaldale brought down the 1940s-era Art Deco service station within a matter of hours.
The building is one of three adjoining commercial properties purchased Aug. 3 by Tamaqua Medical Center of St. Luke’s University Health Network, Bethlehem.
The health network purchased the former service station, along with the former Padora’s Six Pack House and a large, 1940s-era domed-roof garage that once served as Lazur Brothers Kaiser-Frazer Dealership.
The properties sold for a combined $370,000, according to Schuylkill County Courthouse records.
The health network is reportedly looking to expand parking availability in the vicinity.
What was once Brown's Gulf Station, a 1940s-era gas station on North Railroad Street in Tamaqua is now a pile of rubble after demolition on Sunday. The structure is one of three adjacent parcels purchased by Tamaqua Medical Center. DONALD R. SERFASS/SPECIAL TO THE TIMES NEWS