It was intended as a reminder of the Teapot Dome Scandal that rocked the presidency of Warren G. Harding and sent Interior Secretary Albert Fall to prison for his role in leasing government oil reserves in, among other places, Teapot Dome, Wyoming.

The building has a circular frame with a conical roof, sheet metal "handle", and a concrete "spout".

Many such novelties were constructed as roadside attractions as the national highway system in the United States expanded during the 1920s and 1930s.

[2] When Interstate 82 was constructed near Zillah in 1978 the station was relocated less than a mile down the Yakima Valley Highway.

After the gas station was closed in 2006, it was purchased by the city the following year, rehabilitated, and relocated in 2012 to 117 First Avenue.