An Archive Of Haysville History
Haysville Hardware & Lumber was originally located on the s/w corner of Grand and S. Main. For a period was located in the stand-alone bldg at the south end of Grandlane Shopping Center but later moved back to the original location where they expanded. The building was destroyed in the 1999 tornado and the business never reopened.
Photo notations courtesy of Rick Baker.
706 E. Grand.
Ad from 1980 Haysville map.
A Mobilgas and later Champlain service station at 620 E. Grand. Originally owned by Ray Farney then later taken over by his brother John and then John’s son Jerry. The station has since been Unruh, Blackburn automotive, Trudos Automotive.
Below is a 1953 flyer for the station.
Gas/service station located at 7200 S. Broadway.
Located in Grandlane Shopping Center.
Restaurant at 233 N. Main. Closed after building was severely damaged by 1999 tornado. Building was then taken over by Beehler Realty.
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A fast food restaurant at 243 N Main, Haysville, KS 67060. The building later became home to Dairy Queen and in 2011 Bionic Burger. Picture is a scan from an ad on a 1980 Haysville map.
Above photos courtesy of Linda (Schmidt) Ratlief and Nancy (Schmidt) Haskins.
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Grain elevator located west of Haysville on Hoover rd. Later became Debruce. At one time was listed in the Guinness Book of World Records as the longest grain elevator.
The old Vickers service station on north Main. The hyperbolic paraboloid design of these stations (also known as "batwing") was developed in 1954 by Wichita’s own Vickers Petroleum. The design of this building was supposed to hold up to a tornado and proved true in 1999. As of 2005 this is just one of two remaining of the original 50 built.The building is now owned by the city as used as an office. In January 2009 4 restored gas pumps were added. The pumps, originally from the old Coopers Corner station, were donated to the city and restored.
An excerpt from a 1960 Virgina Record which I believe was some sort of architectural publication…
Something new in filling station design has proved to be a drawing card for motorists at Haysville, Kansas. The soaring lines of the roof are of shell concrete in the form of a hyperbolic paraboloid.
Vickers Service Station Ad.
Above scan courtesy of Cathy Hurley.
Vickers after the 1999 tornado. Photo courtesy Russel Pinkston.
Ad from 1980 Haysville map.
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