Eamon's building may get moved from storage to High River

A piece of Calgary's history may be heading down the highway.

The city is negotiating with a High River group that wants to buy the Eamon'sgas station, a1950s building the city bought three years ago to make way for the park-and-ride lot at the Tuscany LRT station.

The city has been paying a company to store theEamon'sbuilding while it searched for someone to lease or buy the historic structure.

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Coun.Ward Sutherland saidthe city has spent more than $230,000to move and store Eamon's,but it would cost far more than that to restore the building.

Sutherland said selling the gas station allows the city to recover at least some of its costs.

"There's always emotions attached to these types of things but we also need to be practical."

A car enthusiast group wants to restore the gas station to its1950s splendour and use it as a museum and for other events.

Sutherlandexpects a deal will be signed by the end of the month.

In its heyday in the1950s,Eamon'sBungalow Camp featured cabins, a restaurant and a gas and service station for people driving the old highway between Calgary andBanff.

Cory Hart among Eamon's supporters

The old station made a brief appearance in the 1986 music video for Corey Hart's I Am By Your Sideand Hart was among the people calling on the city to preserve the building.

You can see theEamon's building at the2:47 mark: