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


Frank Lloyd Wright-designed station in Cloquet gets new life

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