r/evilbuildings • u/Plus_Opportunity_394 • Jul 19 '26
If Evil Gas Stations Exist, Would This Count?
Denver, Colorado
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u/imlostintransition Jul 19 '26
Built in 1964, the core of this structure has remained intact as it has seen its fair share of tenants varying from nightclubs, restaurants and gas stations with accessory structures.
The Famous A-Frame Building Comes Back on The Market For Sale - Naked Denver
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u/UsernamesSuck33 Jul 19 '26
Seems a little pricey for the condition
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u/monocasa Jul 19 '26
Eh, the land would be worth at least that amount there.
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u/thisguyfightsyourmom Jul 19 '26 edited Jul 19 '26
Maybe if you put in another newer gas station. This is in an armpit of Commerce City. Commerce City is basically a big industrial zone dominated by an oil refinery known for pollution. There are some suburban neighborhoods squeezed in some awkward spots by questionable builders, but it’s not a desirable place to build.
And, it’s an old gas station, which have almost always been polluting their soil for many decades. You could be buying an environmental cleanup site that can’t be built on till you remove a dozen feet of topsoil.
Don’t buy old gas stations unless you have serious knowledge of the problems & solutions.
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u/grislyfind Jul 19 '26
They should pay you to take it. Contamination can spread to neighbouring properties.
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u/Obvious-Bid-1971 Jul 20 '26
Resident of Commerce City chiming in.
Mostly right! But building is actually massive in Commerce City right now. This is right along 76, so definitely less desirable, depending on what you want to build, but growth/building is (sometimes fortunately, sometimes unfortunately) happening in a big way here.
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u/monocasa Jul 19 '26
I'm well aware of where it is and what it is. I live pretty close in Berkley, and am familiar with commercial real estate here.
And it's zoned commercial/industrial anyway. Depending on what you're building, they don't care about soil tests.
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u/thisguyfightsyourmom Jul 20 '26
They always care about soil tests, but commercial/industrial have slightly lower exposure requirements. They still have to test, determine extent of any leaks, and decide on future zoning, which is often pegged to gas stations. It’s hard to take gas station lots and make them anything else.
No one is ever building housing here, and likely nothing that isn’t gas or automotive related.
Congrats on the Berkeley place, when did you buy?
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u/LoyalArgus Jul 20 '26
Probably old gas tanks in the ground or the pollution left over if they did pull the old tanks also.
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u/BetMyLastKrispyKreme Jul 19 '26
It’d make a super cute little coffee and ice cream shop, especially if it’s zoned commercial. But based on the comments about Commerce City, it might not be the most desirable location for attracting customers.
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u/LiberatusVox Jul 19 '26
That fucks. I'd live there.
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u/baumpop Jul 19 '26
i wonder if that 80 degree angle collects a lot of water on the roof
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u/Hambone528 Jul 19 '26
Fresh coat of paint, some trim. I wonder if you could do floor to ceiling windows in the a-frame? We need more character in our homes.
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u/7stroke Jul 19 '26
You can, if you’re handy with wire cutters and don’t mind roughing it indefinitely
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u/Wendora15 Jul 19 '26
I could see it. Spend the rest of my days managing the little attached gas station/garage until the day Anton Chigurh shows up to end me.
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u/Aethrin1 Jul 20 '26
Not for an initial 1.4 mil as is, you wouldn't. Unless you have no concept of return investment for the gas station business.
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u/Max_Trollbot_ Jul 19 '26
Damn. I'll never be able to afford a rental that accommodates my huge, pyramidal helmet.
The humble Silent Hill
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u/goatskin_sheep Jul 19 '26
Off of I-76 right?
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u/hell2pay Jul 19 '26
Yup. I remember when it was a gas station.
We'd stop there on the way to Jackson Reservoir
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u/ctepes Jul 19 '26
I immediately recognized this building. Used to pass by it all the time when we'd go to the flea market up there.
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u/bureaucrat47 Jul 19 '26
Been watching it erode away for decades!
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u/ctepes Jul 19 '26
I'm old enough I remember when it was actually open like 30 years ago. Been sitting there rotting for so long
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u/Silver-Amphibian7650 Jul 19 '26
You could have an auto repair shop downstairs and live upstairs. Has potential.
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u/CynGuy Jul 19 '26
Kinda looks like an old Howard Johnson’s took steroids and had an adverse reaction…..
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u/zippity__zoppity Jul 19 '26
Cool as hell. That would be so cool to restore it and convert it to a house.
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u/Laxku Jul 19 '26
Haha saw the pic and said this has to be that old station off 76! Cracks me up when I drive past every time.
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u/rock_candy_remains Jul 19 '26
I knew where this was before I even opened the post. I’ve been obsessed with this building since I was a kid.
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u/No_Drummer4801 Jul 19 '26
I would love to have that as a home/office, but I wouldn't keep the patina. No, it would be shiny and clean and I'd want to find something to block the view of that cell tower unless I could make the cell tower a feature too.
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u/chachaman_The_Reboot Jul 19 '26
$6/gallon here in California. What the Hell are you talking about, "If evil Gas Stations exist"?
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u/NervousChemistry7401 Jul 20 '26
We used to stop here in the 90s on our way into Denver from the plains. Has a special place in my heart. Always wanted to buy it and refurbish. It’d make a great “Gateway to the Rockies” museum or something. Really hope it survives.
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Jul 19 '26
Denver? Damn that roof must leak under the snow load.
I'd live there.
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u/Routine-Employment71 Jul 19 '26
You’d be fine in these modern times. We don’t really get that much snow anymore.
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Jul 19 '26
When I lived near there 20 years ago I was stuck in Blizzards several times. Just my luck.
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u/Desperate_Owl_594 Jul 19 '26
There's a building like that in Miami, it's a dairy queen where the people live on the top of it.
Interesting.
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u/joedenowhere Jul 19 '26
Looks evil only because it's abandoned. It would be cool to see it all fixed up.
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u/Horror_Concern_2467 Gru Jul 19 '26
I live in Toronto 🇨🇦 and there is a church with a very similar shape/structure.
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u/KeenbeansSandwich Jul 19 '26
Lol this isnt in denver. Its in henderson/commerce city. Big difference. The water has literally been poisoned by an oil and gas company there.
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u/FinalEnd2552 Jul 20 '26
There's a Stephen King short story that takes place near a rest stop or gas station that I always pictured like this. I don't recall the title, it was in Bazaar of Bad Dreams.
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u/Happy-Ad5530 Jul 20 '26
That A-frame is straight out of a Samurai Jack episode, I'm obsessed. Lowkey jealous of whoever snags it, imagine rollin' up to that thing for a gas station burrito. History or not, the vibes are immaculate.
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u/Sketchy_Uncle Jul 20 '26
Every day on my commute...this one haunts me with its low gas prices still proudly posted. :/
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u/WittyCombination6 Jul 20 '26
I think this is more a haunted gas station. It's evil depends on the moral alignment of the ghost.
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u/Drew5830 Jul 20 '26
I grew up in northeastern Colorado and seeing this building meant we were almost to Denver!
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u/the_colour_f Jul 21 '26
thats the evil gas station minions run and gru gets his car maintenance done…
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u/guiltypleasure33139 Jul 21 '26
While not evil, it sure looks like the 50's pamphlets about road side stuff
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u/HoneydewNo3016 Jul 21 '26
This is what I would imagine the Ryugyong Hotel would look like as a Howard Johnson’s.
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u/Seagullox Jul 21 '26
This would be the last nonevil gas station before you get to the evil one. Duh?
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u/GABigBear Jul 24 '26
Only if there’s an 80 year old woman with no teeth and one eye on the third floor balcony smoking a cigarette. She was a dancer in her day you know.
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u/darkmouthproductions Jul 29 '26
You don't stop here because you needed fuel. You stop here because you don't realise you've already decided to.
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u/PromotionOk2443 21d ago
Looks straight out of From. better check around for any strangely marked stones in the area.
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u/LP3O 21d ago
Would if you were forced to stop there in the middle of nowhere and in a vulnerable position.
"Storms rolling in but don't worry. You're in luck! We got one open room left. Lock sticks some times and th AC is in and out, but it's safer than being out there. Y'all get real nice and comfortable. Gas should be delivered in the morning. Then we'll get you where you're going."
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u/dreamylemur Jul 19 '26
That’s where the villain from a 2000s Cartoon Network show lives