Haydu Gas Station

Haydu Service Station at Robbins Avenue and North Main Street.

Bill Haydu Gas Station.
Full service is a phrase that has become a thing of the past but that is not so at Haydu’s service station in downtown Niles at 210 North Main Street. Bill Haydu eventually bought in 1974 the building that originally housed the Rose Auto Service back in 1933.

His interest in cars goes back many years as depicted by the picture hanging on the wall in his establishment. It shows Bill next to a 1937 Buick that he bought from a farmer that was using it to pull stumps out of his yard. At age 22, he was working for his father and going to college. He decided to go into his father’s business. The station was located where the Holeton Yuhasz Funeral Home parking lot is located.

Bill Haydu with his white Thunderbird.

Previous location of Haydu Gulf service station located at the corner of West Park Avenue and Arlington Street near Holeton-Yuhasz Funeral Home which bought the property to expand their parking area. ca 1974.

In the office area of the station there is a collection of antique automobile memorabilia. On display in various places are oilcans, tire jacks, gasoline signs such as Gulf, Sinclair, and Pennzoil. There are many other artifacts that deal with cars and car maintenance from the past.

Make sure if you use the services of Haydu and Son that you take a peek into the office and view all the wonderful items from years ago. You will be greeted by a smile and a friendly manner that has been Bill Haydu’s trademark for so many years.

The loud ‘Ding-Ding’ signal bell alerted the garage mechanic that a car had entered the station and needed the attendant to pump the gas, check the tires and oil level, and clean the windshield. That was the full-service given in the good-old-days long past to the customer who stopped for gas.