Vickers Petroleum Service Station

Built in 1956 (modern architecture). Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2019.

From the record

“The Vickers Petroleum Service Station is a historic building constructed in 1954 in Haysville, Kansas. It was the first service station to feature a hyperbolic paraboloid form, also known as a "batwing", developed by John M.”
Wikipedia article Vickers Petroleum Service Station, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 148 National Register listings published here for Sedgwick County · listed in 2019 · category: Building · built in 1956, modern architecture, by Arthur T. Woodman, John M. Hickman.

Sources: the Wikipedia article · the National Register database, National Park Service

The listing

What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 building as contributing to the listing.
Address. 140 N. Main St., Haysville, 67060
When was it listed? September 2019
Category. building
Also known as. Roadside Kansas MPS
Township. Riverside township
When was it built? 1956
Architectural style. modern architecture
Architect. Arthur T. Woodman, John M. Hickman
National Register reference number. 100004455 - assigned by the National Park Service when the property was listed.

Fires near this property

240 since 2015

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 240 fires within 5 miles of Vickers Petroleum Service Station between 2015 and 2020, burning about 168 acres in total. None started naturally. 4 were recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Reported cause	Fires
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	154
Debris and open burning	44
Smoking	10
Equipment and vehicle use	10
Power generation/transmission/distribution	8
Fireworks	5
Misuse of fire by a minor	5
Arson/incendiarism	4

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

Date	Cause	Size	Reported by	Name on the report
9 September 2017	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	Sedgwick County	52170
8 September 2017	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Sedgwick County	6453
4 September 2017	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Sedgwick County	6341
25 September 2018	Fireworks	under an acre	Kansas Forest Service	56784
25 September 2015	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Kansas Forest Service	54103
24 September 2018	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Kansas Forest Service	56551
23 September 2017	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Sedgwick County	55007
19 September 2015	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Kansas Forest Service	52937

Every fire recorded in Sedgwick County

Mines and quarries near this property

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Vickers Petroleum Service Station: 2 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where	Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
	Nest Robins Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
	Walt Keeler Sand Pit and Plant	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer

Every working recorded in Sedgwick County

Storms near this property

60 of 68 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Haysville, the town this property stands in, in 68 storm reports between 1993 and 2025: 29 hail, 27 thunderstorm wind, 5 flood, 3 tornado. The reports record 39 injuries. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

When	Event	Place named	Harm	What the report says
April 2012	Tornado (EF3)	Haysville	38 hurt, $500,000,000	Significant damage to homes, many of them had a number missing outer walls. Seven homes were missing two to four walls, one home was completely destroyed. The trees associated with house completely stripped to nothing, this was also the case at many other locations along the path. \|\|A mobile home park to south had seventy five percent of the homes uninhabitable. Approximately twenty five percent were reduced to rubble. \|\|Significant damage was also noted at McConnell AFB. Many of the hangars sustained damage. One hangar in particular that was owned by Spirit Aerosystems sustained a considerable amount of damage.\|\|Several apartments and businesses also had damage like roofs being torn off and windows blown out.
April 2015	Thunderstorm Wind	Haysville	1 hurt	One person was injured when they were blown off their porch at a mobile home park.
May 2010	Lightning	Haysville	$20,000	Lightning struck a house causing a small fire.
July 2009	Thunderstorm Wind	Haysville	$20,000	Building A at Campus High School sustained roof damage due to winds around 65 mph. Fences surrounding the school's tennis courts were also damaged, and numerous tree limbs were downed surrounding the school. The Haysville Sun-Times contributed to this narrative.
August 2003	Thunderstorm Wind	Haysville	$15,000	Unspecified number of power poles and power lines downed at 71st St S./Hoover Rd intersection. (Reported by KFDI).
May 2002	Thunderstorm Wind	Haysville	$10,000	Ten inch diameter tree blown onto house. Power lines downed.
April 2009	Thunderstorm Wind	Haysville	$5,000	A few power poles were blown down.
May 2006	Thunderstorm Wind	Haysville	$3,000	Large elm trees uprooted. Relayed via KSNW Television.
May 2012	Hail	Haysville	$1,000	Occurred with very heavy rains. Some minor damage to a few cars parked at Genesis Health Club in Northeast Wichita.
September 2009	Thunderstorm Wind	Haysville	$1,000	Some tree limbs were downed and shingles were blown off a roof.
June 2022	Thunderstorm Wind	Haysville	$500	A picture on social media of a large tree branch down.
September 2010	Thunderstorm Wind	Haysville	$500	A directional sign was blown over and blocked the road.
October 1993	Thunderstorm Wind	Haysville	$500	no account filed
May 2014	Hail	Haysville	$200	The trained spotter reported small tree limbs down as well.
May 2019	Flood	Haysville	$100	Water was reported over the road near the 6500 block of Meridian.
May 2019	Flood	Haysville	$100	Water was reported over the road.
May 2019	Flood	Haysville	$100	Lots of standing water was reported south of Haysville.
May 2019	Flood	Haysville	$100	Street flooding was reported in town.
September 2016	Flood	Haysville	$100	Street flooding reported in Haysville, Kansas on south Kessler Road.
June 2024	Thunderstorm Wind	Haysville	-	Public report via mPing. Three inch diameter tree limbs broken. Power poles broken.
May 2022	Thunderstorm Wind	Haysville	-	A trained spotter reported the gust.
May 2022	Thunderstorm Wind	Haysville	-	Small tree limbs were blown out of trees and some shingle damage was reported.
May 2022	Hail	Haysville	-	Most of the hail was quarter size, however, a few the size of a ping pong ball were reported.
June 2022	Hail	Haysville	-	Reported from Mping.
March 2021	Hail	Haysville	-	This report is courtesy KSN TV.
June 2021	Hail	Haysville	-	Report received via mPing.
May 2019	Hail	Haysville	-	KWCH relayed a report of nickel to quarter-sized hail occurring at NW 47th and West St.
August 2018	Thunderstorm Wind	Haysville	-	The public reported the wind gusts.
April 2016	Hail	Haysville	-	The hail occurred near the Ridge Rd./NW 55th St. Intersection.
April 2016	Flash Flood	Haysville	-	The E. 71st St. S./S. Broadway Intersection was flooded.
September 2016	Thunderstorm Wind	Haysville	-	Picture on twitter reported a four inch diameter tree top came down on a house.
September 2016	Hail	Haysville	-	Hail ranged in size from pea to quarter size hail.
August 2016	Heavy Rain	Haysville	-	Considerable rain fell across far southeast Sedgwick county. Amounts varied from 4 to 8 inches across the area over a three hour period.
August 2016	Flash Flood	Haysville	-	Several reports of water rescues occurred across the community.
May 2014	Hail	Haysville	-	The hail was pea to nickel sized. The hail occurred on Summey Street near 63rd Street and Seneca.
June 2013	Thunderstorm Wind	Haysville	-	Gusts ranging from 65-70 mph were reported by a trained spotter.
April 2011	Thunderstorm Wind	Haysville	-	Penny size hail also fell with the strong winds.
June 2010	Thunderstorm Wind	Haysville	-	The severe winds lasted for almost 10 minutes.
September 2010	Tornado (EF0)	Haysville	-	A storm chaser also reported and had video confirming touchdown at this location. Rotation was very weak and over an open field.
September 2010	Tornado (EF0)	Haysville	-	Trained spotter was at West 103rd and Ridge Road looking to the northeast and reported a weak tornado on the ground in an open field.
August 2009	Hail	Haysville	-	The report was relayed by Kake-TV.
May 2009	Hail	Haysville	-	Hail ranged in size from nickel size to dime size.
June 2008	Hail	Haysville	-	The hail ranged in size from one inch to one and three quarters inches. The hail was reported a half mile north of 71st and Senaca.
May 2004	Hail	Haysville	-	Occurred at 79th St. S/Broadway intersection.
June 2000	Thunderstorm Wind	Haysville	-	Winds at least 52kts blew limbs off trees.
May 1995	Thunderstorm Wind	Haysville	-	Window on the south side of a building was blown out and the roof taken off. The roof blew over the house to the north and then slammed into a second house. Numerous trees and power poles were blown down.
October 1994	Thunderstorm Wind	Haysville	-	A weather spotter estimated 65 mph winds in Haysville.
July 2025	Hail	Haysville	-	no account filed
August 2017	Hail	Haysville	-	no account filed
June 2014	Hail	Haysville	-	no account filed
April 2011	Hail	Haysville	-	no account filed
May 2010	Hail	Haysville	-	no account filed
September 2010	Hail	Haysville	-	no account filed
April 2009	Thunderstorm Wind	Haysville	-	no account filed
February 2008	Hail	Haysville	-	no account filed
June 2008	Thunderstorm Wind	Haysville	-	no account filed
May 2004	Hail	Haysville	-	no account filed
May 2004	Hail	Haysville	-	no account filed
June 2004	Hail	Haysville	-	no account filed
May 2002	Thunderstorm Wind	Haysville	-	no account filed

Every storm recorded in Sedgwick County

Map coverage status

No historic map-sheet match is published for this property yet. That does not mean no map exists. This record needs a coordinate-quality review before it can be joined to a sheet boundary. Browse the county's mapped places while that work is pending.

Listed places nearby

6 within 8 miles

Other National Register properties close enough to walk or drive between, ordered by distance from this one. Both positions come from the same geocoding pass that matched these properties to their map sheets.

Property	Distance	Listed
Derby Public School-District 6	5.1 miles	2014
John Mack Bridge	5.6 miles	1992
Administration Building	6.3 miles	1990
Linwood Place Historic District	6.6 miles	2013
Linwood Park Greenhouse and Maintenance Building	7.0 miles	2008
Monroe-Mahan House	7.2 miles	1996

Sources for this property

National Archives record	The nomination case file for reference 100004455 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia article	Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Sedgwick County	All 148 listed properties in this county.

Provenance

Listing record. National Park Service National Register of Historic Places, listed-properties dataset, current to 2026-05-22.
Map join. Address geocoded through the United States Census geocoder, then tested against the published boundary of every sheet in the USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection.
How this page is made. Listing fields come from federal records; map-sheet coverage is a labelled coordinate-to-boundary calculation, not a source-field claim.
Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.
Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.