Columbus #2 - Columbus, GA
Columbus #2
Sing Food Store
1040 Floyd Road
Columbus, GA 31907
Built in 1965, Columbus #2 was Sing's second convenience store and first in the state of Georgia. Sing purchased the property in January, 1965 for $33,000. According to property records, this station may have been built before Tallahassee #3, but Tom Perry, former Executive Vice President of Sing Oil, claims Tallahassee #3 was Sing's first convenience store. Additional sources confirm this. It is known that Columbus #2 predates LaGrange #1, Sing's third convenience store. This station is one of three documented to use the Stop 'N Shop backlit canopy as shown below. Perry claims this canopy was made of a printed canvas material that was backlit at night to produce the effect shown. However, this station was converted to the more generic styling shown above at some point in the late 1970s.
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| Columbus #2 convenience store shortly after opening, taken from Floyd Road - 1965 |
At the same time, the station received a redesigned pump island and canopy while also adding a third fuel grade. According to historical photos from the Columbus Ledger-Enquirer, Buena Vista Road was under construction to add additional travel lanes from 1979 -1980. This forced the island to be shifted to its current, more centered location with respect to the store.
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| Columbus #2 original gas island and pump canopy, taken from Floyd Road - 1965 |
This station initially used backlit sign hardware that would have mostly been found on dealer-run, gasoline only stations. The Thomasville #2 service station, also built in 1965, used this same sign hardware.
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| Columbus #2 sign, with Buena Vista Road flanking the right of the picture - 1965 |
The station would operate under the Sing name until the early 1990s after the Amoco-Sing merger. The station would be sold to Spectrum convenience stores in June 1993 and then sold to Circle K in June 2006.
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Columbus #2 with Circle K's original livery, from Buena Vista Road - 2015 (Photo from Columbus Property Tax Records) |
Google Street Views
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Google Street View - November 2007 Columbus #2 (former Spectrum #48) shortly after Circle K purchased from Spectrum Stores - View from Floyd Road |
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Google Street View - November 2007 Columbus #2 shortly after Circle K purchased Spectrum Stores - View from Buena Vista Road |
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Google Street View - August 2019 Columbus #2 with new Circle K livery - View from Floyd Road |
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Google Street View - August 2019 Columbus #2 with new Circle K livery - View from Buena Vista Road |
Aerial Views
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Historic Aerials - 1955 Columbus #2 future site at the Northeast corner of the intersection |
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Historic Aerials - 1968 Columbus #2 newly built station with original pump island |
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| Historic Aerials - 1981 Columbus #2 with new pump island and expanded Buena Vista Road |
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| Google Earth - 1993 Columbus #2 after Amoco-Sing merger |
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| Google Earth - 2020 Columbus #2 in present form as Circle K |
Additional Resources:
Parcel ID: 087 020 010
https://www.newspapers.com/clip/107594910/service-station-gets-okay-to-erect-canop/
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