The Kraniches demolished the original house on the property in the 1950s and built a new one with a garage.

The restaurant was known as Cerolla's Café.Įdith, the daughter of the Cerollas, and her husband Lester 'Curly' Kranich continued the business after the death of Edith's parents. In 1936, they expanded with a new brick gas station, a café, four motel rooms with individual automobile garages, and a small house for the owners. The station operated under a lease as part of the Johnson Oil Refining Company of Chicago. The station also sold motor oil and other automobile accessories and necessities. In 1929, Albina and Vincenzo Cerolla built a one-room, frame gas station with a single pump to serve motorists on Route 66. The site also has a residence and two motel units. 817 Old Rte 66, Litchfield, Montgomery County, Illinois, United Statesģ9☁0′09″N 89☄0′02″W / 39.16917°N 89.66722°W / 39.16917 -89.66722īelvidere Café, Motel and Gas Station is a historic building in Litchfield, Illinois, United States, along Route 66.

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