Monday, January 5, 2026

Former Annie's Country Store in Conroe (Conroe, Texas)

Google Maps Street View from the 2010s. Another Chevron gas canopy is off to the right of the frame.

Another entry to split from Davis Street in Conroe. 3900 East Davis Street, from 1991 to 2006, was a Chevron (Annie's Country Store, possibly related to the Navasota Chevron of the same name)1. It's interest to me is that around the time of its closure, the logo of Chevron was altered, switching up the colors from solid to gradient, the name from black to blue, and a different font for the name. (A large sign near US-290 and Beltway 8 was a hold-out for many years at least on its big highway sign, but it was eventually torn down).

I spotted this in 2011 on a road trip and observed it was that it was the Chevron that I remembered that had disappeared about five or so years prior, so it was nice nostalgia. It remained up until 2017 when it was finally demolished, and in 2020 was rebuilt as Speedy Stop #88 with Mobil gas (though Mobil gas was dropped in 2023 for the Speed Stop brand). While the station always had a Davis Street address, the new Speedy Stop faced 105, where as the Chevron was faced at an angle.

1. The reason I saw "possibly related" is its a different tax entry than the Navasota store but if you looked at the way the Navasota store was laid out like the awnings and the position of the gas relative to the store, they could've been related.

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