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Cloquet, Minn. (AP)

Frank Lloyd Wright-designed station in Cloquet gets new life

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50 years old
Lindholm's service station in Cloquet is celebrating its 50th anniversary this year. It's the only gas station designed by architect Frank Lloyd Wright that was ever built.
MPR Photo/Tom Weber

The family that owns a Frank Lloyd Wright-designed service station in Cloquet is restoring and preserving it after about 30 years of neglect.

It's the only Wright-designed service station that was ever built. Wright was a renowned early-20th century architect and Wisconsin native.

The station was built in 1958 but had fallen into disrepair until its 50th anniversary last year.

Since then, the owners have spent nearly a quarter-million dollars to restore some of Wright's original design touches, including copper trim around the roof and '50s-style garbage cans. They also put in a new roof and insulation to improve the structural integrity.

Owner Mike McKinney says the station still usually gets a few visitors every day interested in Wright's design. Cloquet is about 20 miles west of Duluth.

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Current owner
John McKinney is the current owner of Lindholm Service in Cloquet. His grandfather, Ray Lindholm, hired Frank Lloyd Wright to design and build the station, which opened in 1958.
MPR Photo/Tom Weber
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50 years old
Lindholm's service station in Cloquet is celebrating its 50th anniversary this year. It's the only gas station designed by architect Frank Lloyd Wright that was ever built.
MPR Photo/Tom Weber
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Architect
Robert Pond, Frank Lloyd Wright's assistant architect on site during construction of the gas station, is on the left. Station owner Ray Lindolm is on the right. The photo was taken during construction of the station in 1957.
Photo courtesy of the Carlton County Historical Society