Can anybody suggest which blue to use when painting a Greyhound bus depot in the 1950s era?
If you go to Google “Images” and type in Greyhound bus depot as a search term, you’ll quickly see that 1) not all of them were blue, 2) those that were blue came in several shades of blue depending on whether the blue was brick or enameled steel. There are lots of examples however.
Dave Nelson
Also, in many cities, Greyhound didn’t have their own depot. For example, the one in Columbus, OH serviced both Greyhound and Trailways buses and it was very generic looking on the outside. It’s been about 40 years since my last intercity bus trip but I do remember being surprised to see the Trailways buses at the same depot as Greyhound.
The Greyhound station in London, ON was done in an eggshell colour with i think a side that was tiled. I found that around here smaller to medium sized towns( eg; Woodstock ON & Paris ON) were contracted out to independents, hence some sites could be in a motel, a barbershop or even truckstops…
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All Greyhound had in our town was a window beside the Pennsy (now Amtrak) window, and a Greyhound sign on the front of the brick Pennsy Union Station. Thus, the signage may be more important than the color of the building itself.
Currently, the one in Woodstock is in the back of a small 2 storey office bldg. Those in the 50’s did in fact do the same thing… still all over the map…
Here is a link to a great website with a section on Greyhound bus stations.
http://www.agilitynut.com/roadside.html
It is also a terrific resource for many other types of buildings.
Most Greyhound terminals weren’t blue. Most of the ones that were seem to have been built in the late 1930’s. The best known of these is probably the one in Evansville, IN, which remained a Greyhound depot until just recently. Other than what is found on the above website, there are a number of good photographs of the Evansville station on the Internet which can be found using Google Image.