Sheetz Corporation, a convenience store chain founded in 1952 by Bob Sheetz and headquartered in Altoona, Blair County, is dominant in the region, with over three hundred stores in a five-state area. University of Cincinnati–trained architect Rick Cyman designed this store to look fun and dynamic. The company's newer stores are wood frame and concrete block or brick for the rear wall
Lu Donnelly et al., "Sheetz Convenience Store", [Erie, Pennsylvania], SAH Archipedia, eds. Gabrielle Esperdy and Karen Kingsley, Charlottesville: UVaP, 2012—, http://sah-archipedia.org/buildings/PA-01-ER29.
Buildings of Pennsylvania: Pittsburgh and Western Pennsylvania, Lu Donnelly, H. David Brumble IV, and Franklin Toker. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 2010, 495-496.
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