Located in Beltsville Maryland, Needs a new home,

I can turn it in for scrap under the buy back program and get around $150 for it but would rather it go to someone that wants it.

It still works but produces lots of carbon monoxide, best used in a well ventilated space.

My street was the 1961 Houston Parade of Homes and our house and the house next door were both an all-gas house.  Both kitchens had a gas fridge for the home show.  The next door neighbor kept the fridge that was in their kitchen during the show.   It was a Norge gas fridge and had an ice maker.  The gas jet that was behind the fridge was there all the years we lived there from September 1961 through May 2002 or 2003.  One of the subsequent owners did a complete kitchen redo.  They put the new gas cooktop in the spot where our fridge was and about a year after I saw the most recent real estate listing for the house, it occurred to me that was a logical choice given that's where the gas fridge was.  

One of my aunts had a gas fridge from the late 1940s until she replaced it with a one-door GE in 1959 or 1960.  

Looks a bit older than mine.

I've turned in a few of those over the years. IIRC, all you had to do is say that you disposed of it properly ,produce a receipt, and they sent you a check.

John, our all-gas house included a gas central a/c.  When the Astrodome was built, gas a/c was used to maintain cool temperature as it was more economical.  But electric system was turned on to bring the temp down for events.  

Had a short run in the DC metro area from the early 60s till the mid 70s, but you never see one any longer.

It was promoted by the Natural Gas Industry and gas companies to help them sell gas during the summer months.

It was a big bust, It was complicated and broke down several times as often as electric systems.

It was less powerful and did not dehumidify as well, it had a very hard time getting a house cooled down.  A neighbor of ours had a Bryant system and they went away in the summer and turned the house temp up about 15 F, she said it took over two days to get the temp back down to 72F, she said she would never do that again.

But the biggest problem was it cost more to run, almost 50% more than a good all electric system. Initially the gas company gave you 40% all the gas your home used every year, year around to get people to buy these over priced under powered systems, but once the energy crisis hit in the early 70s they abruptly took away the discount and as the systems brook down they just disappeared, I have not seen a working one for at least a decade.

John

John, the original one apparently had some sort of major malfunction or failure in around 1965 or 1966 and Arkla replaced the outside system under warranty or very little expense for my dad.  This one lasted until sometime while I was in college between fall of 1973 and May 1977--probably around 1975 or 1976.  This was replaced with a Carrier electric ac with gas furnace.  The next door neighbor's lasted long enough such that they replaced it with another gas central system, but didn't have the outside cooling tower any longer.  The outside compressor was VERY loud.  it was annoying all the way over to our patio.  And once the energy crisis hit, our neighbor complained about how high their gas bill and gone up.  Amazingly, I saw a real estate listing in the last 10 years for one of the houses in the back of the subdivision that still has the original water cooling tower system.  (House would have been originally built in like 1966 to 1968.)