Standard Oil Company (Ohio) (Sohio)

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Incorporated in Cleveland, Ohio, on January 10, 1870, Standard Oil Company (Ohio) became the original Rockefeller Standard Oil enterprise. Following the 1911 breakup of Standard Oil, it emerged as an independent Ohio company—refining, marketing fuel, and keeping motorists supplied from its Cleveland base.

By 1928, the compact name “Sohio” had begun appearing on service stations and products. The brand became a roadside fixture across Ohio: red, white, and blue signs, fuel pumps, uniforms, maps, motor oil, and the dependable promise that the next tankful was not far down the road. Outside its core territory, the company also used the Boron name.

Sohio’s later story ran north to Alaska as it worked with British Petroleum on Prudhoe Bay development and the Trans-Alaska Pipeline era. BP began acquiring an ownership stake in 1969, gained control in 1978, and purchased the remaining shares in 1987. Cleveland’s new 200 Public Square tower, completed in 1985 as Sohio’s headquarters, captured the company’s big-league final act.

Our Standard Oil Company (Ohio) (Sohio) collection celebrates Cleveland oil-country swagger, service-station Americana, and the glorious age when a three-color sign could make a highway exit feel like home.