The Star Filling Station is also an excellent example of an increasingly rare building type, the House with Canopy Gas Station, which developed nationally during the 1920s, when fueling moved away from the curbside service and onto properties solely dedicated to that purpose. At the Star Filling Station, the canopy features a wood false front that reflects its setting in a small agricultural town where many of the surrounding commercial buildings also had false fronts. Although this architectural type appeared in Colorado’s larger cities, it was particularly prevalent in small towns, where their use often continued into the post-World War II era.