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Former Sweeney Service Station Site

S. Morehead St. at Hwy. 24. Chenoa, IL
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This is the site of the former Sweeney's Station at the intersection of the original 1926 alignment of Route 66 (I-4) and Hwy. 24 (previously Hwy. 8).

GPS: 40.741532, -88.723280

This was Bob's Kat-E-Korner Drive-In and Restaurant from when it was built in 1964 until 1988 when the restaurant closed and became a doll shop where Bob and his wife made and sold and repaired porcelain dolls. Bob passed on in 2006 but his wife continued to operate the shop until her passing in 2021. The building is on the NE corner of the intersection of Morehead St. and Hwy. 24, but the actual address is on Franklin, which runs behind the building.

Vintage Advertising Highlights

Junction of State Road No. 4 - 8 Chenoa, ILL

NOTE: This undated postcard include images of what appear to be Model T Ford era cars at the gas station at this intersection.

Photo(s): 2015