# Tramway Gas Station

Palm Springs, CA · gas-station · tier: draft · Retrofit Atlas record `n-6452199a58` · release 2026-10-21

Canonical: https://retrofitatlas.org/gas-stations/ca/palm-springs-tramway-gas-station/  
JSON: https://retrofitatlas.org/data/records/n-6452199a58.json · Provenance: https://retrofitatlas.org/data/records/n-6452199a58.provenance.json · API: https://retrofitatlas.org/api/v1/sites/n-6452199a58

## Facts

| Field | Value | Provenance |
|---|---|---|
| Status | built | reported · model extraction, unreviewed |
| Strategy | reinhabit | none |
| New use | civic, other | none |
| What is there now | art gallery and Palm Springs Visitor Center | reported · model extraction, unreviewed |
| Opened | 1965 | reported · model extraction, unreviewed |
| Retrofit year | 2000 | reported · model extraction, unreviewed |
| Redeveloper | private interest | reported · model extraction, unreviewed |

## Quoted support

- **architect_original**: “Albert Frey and Robson C. Chambers” — extraction-deep:nvidia/nemotron-3.5-lightning-30b-a3b

## Parties

- private interest — developer (2000–)

## Timeline

- 1965: Opened
- 1990: Station closed
- 2000: Purchased and converted to art gallery
- 2000: Retrofit: reinhabit
- 2003: Operated as Palm Springs Visitor Center
- 2015: Listed on National Register of Historic Places

## Deals and debt

- 2000 sale:  private interest   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tramway_Gas_Station

## Background (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0, shortened)

The Tramway Gas Station is a landmark former Enco service station in Palm Springs, California, United States, so named because of its location at the foot of Tramway Road, the lone road leading to the base of the Palm Springs Aerial Tramway. It was intended to be the first Palm Springs building visitors saw when approaching the city from the north via California State Route 111.
The building, with its distinctive, cantilevered, wedge-shaped canopy (referred to as a hyperbolic paraboloid on a historic marker mounted on the building) was built in 1965 and designed by Albert Frey and Robson C. Chambers.

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tramway_Gas_Station

## Sources

- Tramway Gas Station — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tramway_Gas_Station

## Cite

Retrofit Atlas (2026). "Tramway Gas Station, Palm Springs, CA." Record n-6452199a58, release 2026-10-21, tier draft. https://retrofitatlas.org/gas-stations/ca/palm-springs-tramway-gas-station/ (accessed 2026-10-21).

```bibtex
@misc{retrofitatlas_palmspringstramwaygasstation,
  title = {Tramway Gas Station, Palm Springs, CA},
  author = {{Retrofit Atlas}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://retrofitatlas.org/gas-stations/ca/palm-springs-tramway-gas-station/}},
  year = {2026},
  note = {Record n-6452199a58, release 2026-10-21, tier: draft. Built on the Retrofitting Suburbia map (Dunham-Jones and Williamson) and the sources listed on the record. Accessed 2026-10-21}
}
```

Licence: research use only; terms undecided with the authors (https://retrofitatlas.org/licence/). Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0. Tiers: curated = from the authors' public map, not reviewed by them; draft = imported or model-extracted, unreviewed.