Hick's Service Station
1952 Sanborn Fire Insurance Map of Waco, sheet 8, showing location of Hicks Service Station
Known Name(s)
Hick's Service Station
Address
2nd & Franklin St. Waco, TX
Establishment Type(s)
Gas Station, Service Station
Physical Status
Demolished
Description
125 Franklin Ave service station: rectangular-plan, flat-roofed brick gas station with wood-frame canopy and metal-clad storage area in rear, placed diagonally on corner lot.
Detailed History
"Automobile Salesman Making a Success
Mr. F. H. Hicks, Prairie View College graduate, rated No. 1 Automobile Salesman. In every field of endeavor Negroes are showing to the world that they can hold their own. In one of the fields, automobile salesmanship, which is considered difficult, Mr. F. H. Hicks, 1217 Rennick Street, Waco, has shown to the world that in spite of handicaps within the race itself and from outside, he had rated No. 1 Salesman in this area.
In the last year, competing with other white salesmen, he has six times won the prize for increased monthly production and $100 cash bonus for bringing in the greatest amount of dollars to the company employing him. Mr. Hicks, after graduating from Prairie View College in Mechanical Arts, taught at his alma mater before entering his present field in which he has made so great a success. Three hundred and eighty five cars sold in the last year in evidence of this fact.
Waco, Texas on the whole, and the race in general, are proud of this young man who has built up through his education, perseverance, but above all his honest and square dealings with his fellowman, a business of which one can be proud.
In Civic Affairs, and in the church activities he has also contributed to the social well-being of the community. He is an active member of the N.A.A.C.P. and a deacon in the Second Baptist Church."
African American Heritage in Waco, Texas by Dr. Garry H. Radford, Sr., pp 194-195.
City Directories: CD 1923 p303: Hicks Fred* h315 Speight; CD 1928 p297: Hicks Fredk H (Lola B) mech Stanfield Auto Exch r626 S 12th; CD 1930 p239: Hicks Fred H (Lola) slsmn h121 Renick av; CD 1932 p200: Hicks Fred H (Lola B) slsmn S S Bryant h1217 Renick av; CD 1932 p441: Franklin Av 125 Gulf Refg Co Sta No 1744; CD 1934 p193: Hicks Fred H (Lola) slsmn S S Bryant h1217 Renick av; CD 1934 p440: Franklin Av 125 Gulf Refg Co Sta No 1744; CD 1936 p198: Hicks Fred H (Lola) slsm Samuel S Bryant h1217 Renick av; CD 1936 p451: Franklin Av 125 Guthrie J D fill sta; CD 1938 p474: Franklin Av 125 Guthrie J D fill sta; CD 1939 p469: Franklin Av 125 Turner & Kroiczyk filling sta; CD 1939 p192: Hicks Fred H (Lola) slsmn h1217 Renick av; CD 1943 p174: Hicks Fred H (Lola B) filling sta 125 Franklin av h1217 Renick av; CD 1943 p418: Franklin av 125 Hicks Fred H fill sta; CD 1943 p517: gas stations Hicks Fred H 125 Franklin av; CD 1946 p207: Hicks Fred Service Station (Fred Hicks) 125 Franklin av Tel 2-9583; Hicks Fred (Lucy; Fred Hicks Service Sta) h1712 Renick av; CD 1946 p644: gas stations Hicks Fred Service Station 125 Franklin av Tel 2-9583; CD 1946 p525: Franklin Av 125 Hicks Fred H filling sta; CD 1948 p216: Hicks Fred Service Station (Fred Hicks), Gulf Products, New and Used Cars 125 Franklin av, Tel 2-9538; Hicks Fred (Lola W; Fred hicks Service Station) h2601 S 9th; CD 1948 p548: Franklin Av 125 Hicks Fred Serv Sta; CD 1948 p681: gas stations Hicks Fred Service Station, 125 Franklin av, Tel 2-9583; CD 1951 p101: Franklin Av 125 Down Town Serv Sta; CD 1951 p215: Hicks Fred used cars 120 S 2d r1020 Carver?; Hicks Lola W tchr East Waco Sch r120 S 2d; CD 1951 p3: 2d S 120 Hicks Fred used cars; CD 1953 p120: Franklin av 125 Down Town Serv Sta; CD 1953 p3: 2d S 120 x; 204 S 2d x; CD 1953 p243: Hicks Lola W Mrs tchr PS r204 S 2d; CD 1954 p224: Hicks Fred (Fred Hicks New & Used Car Lot) r1020 Carver; Hicks Fred New & Used Car Lot (Fred Hicks) used cars 204 S 2d; CD 1954 p225: Hicks Lola W Mrs prin North Seventh Street Elementary Sch r204 S 2d; CD 1954 p3: 2d S 204 Hicks Fred New & used Car Lot, Hicks Fred Hamburger Stand; CD 1954 p117: Franklin av 125 Graham's Gulf Serv Sta; CD 1955 p241: Hicks Fred (Lola W; Fred Hicks New & Used Car Lot) r1020 Carver; Hicks Fred New & Used Car Lot (Fred Hicks) 204 S 2d; Hicks Lola W Mrs prin North Seventh Street Sch r1020 Carver; CD 1955 p121: Franklin Av 125 Abercrombie's Sinclair Serv Sta; CD 1955 p3: 2d 204 Hicks Fred New & Used Car Lot; CD 1955 p4: auto dealers Hicks Fred New & Used Car Lot 204 S 2d; CD 1956 p52: auto dealers Hicks Fred New & Used Car Lot 204 S 2d; CD 1956 p138: Franklin av 125 Abercromblie's Sinclair Serv Sta; CD 1958 p270: Hicks Lola Mrs prin North Seventh St Sch r1020 Carver; Hicks Fred x; CD 1959 p254: Hicks Fred x; CD 1959 p255: Hicks Lola W Mrs prin North 7th Street Elem Sch r1020 Carver; Hicks Motor x; Hicks New x; CD 1959 p131: Franklin 125 x; CD 1959 p56: auto dealers: Hicks x; CD 1960 p253: Hicks Fred x; Hicks Lola Mrs prin East Waco Elem Sch r1020 Carver; CD 1961 p260: Hicks Fred H (Lola W; Fred Hicks New & Used Cars) h1020 Carver; Hicks Lola W Mrs prin R L Smith Elementary School r1021 Carver; CD 1962 p266: Hicks Fred H (Lola W; Fred Hicks Motors) h1020 Carver; Hicks Lola Mrs bkpr Hicks Mtrs r1020 Carver; Hicks Motors (Fred H Hicks) auto dlr used 1100 E Waco dr; CD 1962 p137: Franklin 125 x nothing b/w 120 and 202; CD 1962 p6: auto dealers Hicks Motors 1100 E Waco dr; CD 1963 p38: auto dealers used Hicks Motros 1100 E Waco dr; CD 1963 p273: Hicks Fred H (Lola W) (Fred Hicks Motors) h1020 Carver St; Hicks Lola W Mrs bkpr Hicks Mtrs r1020 Carver; CD 1963 p274: Hicks Motors (Fred H Hicks) used cars 1100 E Waco Dr; CD 1964 p287: Hicks Fred H (Lola W) (Hicks Motors) h1020 Carver St; Hicks Lola Mrs (L&H Food Store); Hicks Motors (Fred H Hicks) used cars 1100 E Waco Dr; CD 1964 p361: L & H Food Store (Fred and Mrs Lola Hicks) 1104 Chestnut st; CD 1964 p185: Franklin Av 125 x nothing b/w 120 and 200; CD 1964 p42: auto dealers used Hicks Motors 1100 E Waco Dr; CD 1965 p312: Hicks Fred H (Lola W) (L&H Food Store) h1020 Carver St (o) PL4-3613; Hicks Lola Mrs (L&H Food Store) r1020 Carver; Hicks Motors (Fred H Hicks) used cars 1100 E Waco Dr PL4-3631; CD 1965 p132: Carver 1020 Hicks Fred H (o) PL4-3613; CD 1965 pxxx: Waco Dr E 1100 Hicks Motors used cars PL4-3631; CD 1965 p42: auto dealers used Hicks Motors 1100 E Waco Dr; CD 1966 p342: Hicks Fred H (Lola W) (L&H Food Store) h1020 Carver St (o) PL4-3613; Hicks Lola Mrs (L&H Food Store) r1020 Carver; Hicks Motors (Fred H Hicks) used cars 1100 E Waco Dr PL4-3631; CD 1966 p428: L & H Hood Store (Fred and Mrs Lola Hicks) 1104 Chestnut St; CD 1966 p374: Waco Dr E 1100 Hicks Motors used cars PL4-3631; CD 1966 p33: auto dealers used Hicks Motors 1100 E Waco Dr; CD 1967 p305: Hicks Fred H (Lola W) (L&H Food Store) h1020 Carver St; CD 1967 p306: Hicks Lola Mrs (L&H Food Store) r1020 Carver; Hicks Motors (Fred H Hicks) used cars 1100 E Waco dr; CD 1967 p372: Waco Dr E 1100 Hicks Motors used cars PL4-3631; CD 1967 p50: auto dealers used Hicks Motors 1100 E Waco Dr; CD 1968 p335: Hicks Fred H (Lola W) (L&H Food Store) h1020 Carver St; Hicks Lola A Mrs (L&H Food Store) r1020 Carver; Hicks Motors (Fred H Hicks) used cars 1100 E Waco Dr; CD 1968 p420: L&H Food Store (Fred and Mrs Lola Hicks) 1104 Chestnut St; CD 1968 p144: Carver St 1020 Hicks Fred H (o) 754-3613; CD 1968 p384: Waco Dr E 1100 Hicks Motors used cars 754-3631; CD 1968 p53: auto dealers used Hicks Motors 1100 E Waco Dr; CD 1969 p300: Hicks Fred H (Lola W) (L&H Food Store) h1020 Carver St; Hicks Lola A Mrs (L&H Food Store) r1020 Carver; Hicks Motors (Fred H Hicks) used cars 1100 E Waco Dr; CD 1969 p376: L & H Food Store (Fred and Mrs Lola Hicks) 1103 Chestnut St; CD 1969 p132: Carver St 1020 Hicks Fred H (o) 754-3613; CD 1969 p355: Waco Dr E 1100 Hicks Motors used cars 754-3631; CD 1969 p65: auto dealers used Hicks Motors 1100 E Waco Dr; CD 1971 p316: Hicks Fred H (Lola) (L&H Food Store) h1020 Carver St; Hicks Lola Mrs (L&H Food Store) r1020 Carver; Hicks Motors (Fred H Hicks) used cars 1100 E Waco Dr; CD 1971 p396: L & H Food Store (Fred H & Mrs Lola Hicks) 1104 Chestnut St; CD 1971 p149: Carver St 1020 Hicks Fred H (o) 754-3613; CD 1971 p153: Chestnut St 1104 L & H Food Store 753-9261; CD 1971 p404: Waco Dr E 1100 Hicks Motors used cars 754-3631; CD 1971: auto dealers used Hicks Motors 1100 E Waco Dr;
