| Whitehill-Gleason Motors | |
| Coordinates: | 40.4597°N -79.9303°W |
| Built: | circa 1920s on the site of the first Drive-In Filling Station (1913) |
| Added: | July 22, 1999 |
| Refnum: | 99000878 |
| Designated Other1 Name: | Pennsylvania Historical Marker signification |
| Designated Other1 Date: | July 11, 2000[1] |
| Designated Other1 Abbr: | PAHMDB |
| Designated Other1 Link: | List of Pennsylvania state historical markers in Allegheny County |
| Designated Other1 Color: | navy |
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Whitehill-Gleason Motors at 5815 Baum Boulevard in the East Liberty neighborhood of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, was built in the 1920s on the site of the first drive-in filling station in the United States (1913).[2] [3]
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places on July 22, 1999, and was granted a Pennsylvania Historical Marker on July 11, 2000.[4]
In December 1913, the Gulf Refining Company opened its first drive-in facility, where motorists could purchase gasoline and oil and lubricant maintenance services for their automobiles, as well as road maps. Located on Pittsburgh's Baum Boulevard in the same neighborhood where multiple automobile dealerships were located, the station also offered free air and water and became so successful that additional drive-in filling stations were opened by Gulf and other gasoline retail companies nationwide.[5]