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Shea'sGas Station sMuseum

2075 N Peoria Rd, Springfield, IL 62702
Phone: 800-545-7300 for appointments

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Shea's Gas Station Museum was one of those places where you could hardly take in everything you were seeing and that was true even if you didn't turn around. What started out in 1946 as a Texaco Station became a Marathon Station in 1955. It is located on the 1926-1977 alignment of Route 66. Bill Shea passed away in Dec. 2013, weeks before his 92nd birthday. The city is trying to get the museum reopened.

Shea's Museum site is located on Peoria Rd, just south of Sangamon Ave.

This fall 2023 photo shows there's a lot of work to come if the place gets reopened. But the city got $623.000 from the state for the effort, so there's hope.

Old Phillips 66 gas pumps stand in front of the 1925 Mahan's Filling Station that was relocated here from Middletown, IL.

The 1925 Mahan's Filling Station is now on display next to Fulgenzi’s Pizza & Pasta, one block north and around the corner to the west at 168 E Sangamon Ave.

Inside the Petroliana doesn't just crowd the floors and line the walls, it has also taken over the ceiling.

If you're into Petroliana or just wonder what gas stations featured over the heyday of Route 66, this place is a "must see".

Just a few more of the many items on display/

The label on this compressor says:

"One of the many items from Ray Fulk, Built 8-5-1927"

The paper sign on the right says:

"Shea's The People, With Know How, That Now How"

Bill Shea apparently really liked posting hand lettered signs around the place. The sign on top of the refrigerator says:

"I put my footprints in the sand of Utah Beach
D-Day, June 6, 1944 with 4th Inf Div, Bill Shea"

The place was jam packed with memorabilia of one sort or another and one of the cool things was a display case full of vintage toys.

How many automotive related brands can you spot in this photo?

Photo(s): 2009, 2023