66 Motel |
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An independently owned six-room motel established 1946-47 in Needles, California that formerly served travellers on U.S. Route 66 in California. Bypassed c. 1970 by Interstate 40, the motel has been used as single room occupancy apartments since the 1990s. |
Alamo Plaza Hotel Courts |
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Founded by Edgar Lee Torrance in Waco, Texas in 1929. Pictured is the original Alamo Plaza Hotel Courts in Waco, Texas. |
Arizona Rancho |
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A former hotel in Holbrook, Arizona. It was originally built between
1881 and 1883 as a residence, the expanded as a boarding house, a
hotel, and finally as a motel.[3] The original structure is thought to be the oldest extant structure in Holbrook.[4] |
Atlanta Cabana Motel |
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A former 200-room motor hotel located in Midtown Atlanta. It opened in 1958 and was demolished in 2002. |
Aztec Motel |
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A former motel located on former U.S. Route 66 in Albuquerque, New Mexico. It was demolished in 2011. |
Belvidere Café, Motel, and Gas Station |
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An historic building in Litchfield, Illinois along Route 66 |
Best Western |
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Operates about 4,000 hotels with over 1,000 employees. In the U.S.,
the properties can either be traditional roadside motels, motor inns, or
full-service hotels. Outside the U.S., the properties are mainly
hotels. |
Blue Bonnet Court |
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Yes
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An historic motor court-style motel in north-central Austin, Texas that was built in 1928-1929 |
Blue Gables Motel |
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Yes
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Located in Buffalo, Wyoming and formerly known as Blue Gables Court,[5] it was placed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places in 2011 as part of a Multiple Property Submission devoted to historic motor courts and motels in Wyoming. |
Blue Swallow Motel |
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Yes
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Located in Tucumcari, New Mexico, it's listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places in New Mexico as a part of historic U.S. Route 66 |
Boots Court Motel |
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An historic U.S. Route 66 motel in Carthage, Missouri that opened in 1939 as the Boots Court |
Border Inn |
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On the Utah/Nevada border in Baker, Nevada on U.S. 6/U.S. 50 |
Budget Host |
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An American lodging chain that was founded in 1975 in Fort Worth, Texas |
Cactus Motor Lodge |
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Yes
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Now named Cactus RV Park, it is an historic motel located in Tucumcari, New Mexico on U.S. Route 66 in New Mexico. The motel units are no longer used. |
The Caravelle Resort |
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An oceanfront resort located in the "Golden Mile" section of Myrtle Beach, South Carolina that opened on March 1, 1960 |
Caribbean Motel |
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Yes
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An historic motel located in Wildwood Crest, New Jersey[6] in an area now known as the Wildwoods Shore Resort Historic District. |
Chateau Bleu Motel |
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Another historic motel located in Wildwood Crest, New Jersey in the Wildwoods Shore Resort Historic District |
Coral Court Motel |
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A former 1941 U.S. Route 66 motel constructed in Marlborough, Missouri and designated on the National Register of Historic Places listings in St. Louis County, Missouri in 1989[7] as a valuable example of the art deco and streamline moderne architectural styles.[8] |
Cross Country Inn |
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A former American motel chain founded in 1988 that had more than 30 locations in the Midwestern United States at its peak |
Crystal River Tourist Camp |
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Yes
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Formerly the Crystal River Cave Court and today named Cave Courts
Motel, is a motor inn built in 1932 in Cave City, Arkansas. It is the
oldest operating motor court in the state.[9]
It is built of fieldstones from the Ozarks. The motel was abandoned for
several years before being purchased and restored. It is now reopened
as the Cave Courts Motel.[10] It is also listed as an Historic district in the United States. |
De Anza Motor Lodge |
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Historic motel located on former U.S. Route 66 in the Upper Nob Hill
neighborhood of Albuquerque, New Mexico. It was purchased by the city
of Albuquerque in 2003. It is also listed on the New Mexico State Register of Cultural Properties. |
Econo Lodge |
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An economy motel chain based in the United States and Canada, it's the second-largest brand in the Choice Hotels system. |
El Rancho Hotel & Motel |
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Yes
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An historic motel in Gallup, New Mexico |
El Rey Inn |
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Located in Santa Fe, New Mexico, it spans five acres and is located
near what used to be U.S. Route 66. The property has traditional adobe style buildings surrounded by gardens. |
Esso Motor Hotel |
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Was a Swedish subsidiary of the American oil company Esso, for
running hotels in Europe. The word "motel" was avoided in order to
emphasize the extra features the "motor hotel" provides compared to a
normal motel. The company operated motorbys, motor hotels, and motels. |
Heilman Villas |
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Located in Coronado, California and consist of 10 standalone
bungalows and one 2-story duplex. Its name has changed several times and
it is now the location of the Coronado Police Department. |
Hermitage Motor Inn |
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Formerly the Taylor Cunningham Hotel, it is an historic lodge in
Petersburg, Grant County, West Virginia. It was built about 1840 as a
two story brick building in a vernacular Greek Revival style. It has been in continuous operation as an inn since 1881. |
The Gobbler |
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Pictured is The Gobbler supper club; the motel was located across the street. |
Hiway House |
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A former motor hotel chain founded in 1956 at Phoenix, Arizona, by the late Del Webb.[11][12][13]
After Webb sold the chain, it was renamed to Sentry Hiway House and
remained in operation until sometime after 1970, by which time most of
the hotels were sold off and changed their names with some of them
becoming franchises of competing lodging chains. A remnant of the old
Hiway House chain is still in operation at Albuquerque, New Mexico (pictured). |
Holiday Inn |
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Pictured is a Holiday Inn resort in Saint-Laurent-du-Var, Alpes-Maritimes, France |
Howard Johnson's |
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A chain of hotels, motels and restaurants located primarily throughout the United States and Canada. Founded by Howard Johnson,
it was the largest restaurant chain in the US throughout the 1960s and
1970s, with more than 1,000 combined company owned and franchised
outlets. |
Imperial 400 |
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A former American motel chain that was founded in 1959 in Los
Angeles, California, its properties were typically two-story buildings
with "gull wing" shaped roofs over the lobby. |
Jupiter Hotel |
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Once a two-story 1960's motor lodge motel, after major renovations
it reopened as the Jupiter Hotel in October 2004. During its renovation,
the old motel's parking lot was transformed into a courtyard, the
entire building was painted white,[14] and all rooms were completely renovated. |
Knights Inn |
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A hotel/motel chain owned by Wyndham Worldwide and based in Parsippany, New Jersey. As of November 2007, there were 225 properties open in the United States and Canada. |
La Concha Motel |
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Opened in 1961 and closed in December 2003, it was located on Las
Vegas Blvd South in Winchester, Nevada and was considered one of the
best-preserved examples of 1950s Googie architecture.[15] The motel was demolished and was restored at the Neon Museum in Las Vegas, in which some of the original components of the motel were used. |
Lazy A Motel |
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An historic former motel located along Old U.S. Route 66 in Illinois
in Springfield, Illinois. The motel was built in 1948-49 and had
13 rooms arranged in a U shape, with garages located between the rooms.
Since the motel's closure, the building has been used for apartments.[16] |
Little A'Le'Inn |
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A small bar, restaurant and motel located in Rachel, Nevada on the Extraterrestrial Highway. |
Log Cabin Motel |
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Also known as Camp O' The Pines, it's located in Pinedale, Wyoming
and was built in 1929 as a cabin camp to serve growing numbers of
automobile-borne tourists bound for Yellowstone National Park. |
Lorraine Motel |
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Built around the former Lorraine Motel, the National Civil Rights Museum
is a privately owned complex of museums and historic buildings in
Memphis, Tennessee, which traces the history of the Civil Rights
Movement in the United States from the 17th century to the present. |
Loveless Cafe |
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Located in southwest Nashville, Tennessee on Tennessee State Route 100, it is known for its Southern cooking |
Madonna Inn |
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A motel in San Luis Obispo, California that opened in 1958 |
Masters Inn |
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A chain of motels in the United States that operates 15 locations in 6 states. |
Motel 6 |
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A major chain of budget motels with more than 1,000 locations[17] in the United States and Canada. Motel 6 also operates Studio 6, a chain of extended stay hotels. Pictured is the first Motel 6 in Santa Barbara, California, which remains in business. |
Motel Inn of San Luis Obispo |
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Created in 1925 by Arthur Heineman and originally known as the Milestone Mo-Tel, it is the first motel in the world.[2] It is located in San Luis Obispo, California. |
Munger-Moss Motel |
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Munger-Moss Sandwich Shop served travelers on U.S. Route 66 in Missouri
circa-1936. Located on the Big Piney River at Devil's Elbow, Missouri
until 1945 (at what is now the Elbow Inn), it relocated to Lebanon,
Missouri after World War II] when construction of a four-lane bypass of U.S. Route 66 in Missouri
to Fort Leonard Wood military base drew traffic away from the original
Munger Moss BBQ site. The Munger Moss Motel was added in 1946 as an
addition to the Lebanon roadside restaurant and filling station, both of
which are now gone. Munger-Moss Motel remains in business. |
Pakistan Tourism Development Corporation |
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An organization of Government of Pakistan that is governed by the
Board of Directors headed by the Minister for Tourism. PTDC runs motels
at a number of locations throughout Pakistan to provide quality low cost
accommodation for visitors. |
Park Motel |
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Located in Denison, Iowa, it's an example of a well-preserved pre-War highway motel during the early age of motoring. |
Piedras Blancas Motel |
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A vintage roadside motel-and-diner complex located along the Central
Coast of California approximately seven miles north of San Simeon. It's
located at a remote, wild and rural section of the two-lane historic State Route 1, and is now owned by the state park system of California. |
Rainbow Court |
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An historic hotel/motel complex located at Myrtle Beach in Horry
County, South Carolina that includes two motel-type buildings, five
beach cottages/boarding houses, and a small house. There are six
contributing buildings. It is one of the few remaining examples of the
small-scale, low-rise motels that pre-dates Hurricane Hazel (1954).[18] |
Red Carpet Inn |
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A chain of hotels and motels, with locations in the United States and Bahamas |
Red Crown Tourist Court |
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Located at the junction of US 71 and Route 59 (now I-435),
this small motel was built in 1931 and consisted of two small cabins
connected by two garages. The front of the property had the Red Crown
Tavern, which was a tavern, restaurant and ballroom. It is the site of
the July 20, 1933 gun battle between lawmen and outlaws Bonnie and Clyde and three members of their gang. |
Red Roof Inn |
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An economy hotel chain in the United States, their properties are
distinguished by the large dark-red shingle roof that gives them their
name. There are over 340 Red Roof Inns, primarily in the Midwest,
Southern, and Eastern United States. |
Rodeway Inn |
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Pictured is a Rodeway Inn in Chicago, Illinois |
Roy's Motel and Café |
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A motel, café, gas station and auto repair shop, defunct for many years but now being largely restored, on the National Trails Highway of U.S. Route 66 in the Mojave Desert town of Amboy in San Bernardino County, California. The historic site is an example of roadside Mid-Century Modern Googie architecture. The coffee shop and gas station have both been refurbished and were reopened on April 28, 2008. |
Scottish Inns |
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A chain that began in the late 1960s in Tennessee, it was a company
that did not operate its own motels, but leased out the name to others.
This changed in 1973, as the company assumed ownership of almost all
properties.[19] A 1974 Scottish Inns of America locations directory listed 70 Scottish Inns. |
Star Lite Motel |
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An historic motel in Dilworth, Minnesota and one of the oldest
buildings there. It is the oldest motel in Clay County. Earlier it was
known as Charley's Motel. |
Super 8 Motels |
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Super 8 Worldwide, formerly Super 8 Motels, is the world's largest
budget hotel chain, with motels in the United States, Canada and newer
properties in China. The company is a subsidiary of Wyndham Worldwide, formerly a part of Cendant.[20] |
The Big Texan Steak Ranch |
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A steakhouse restaurant and motel located in Amarillo, Texas, United
States which opened on the previous U.S. Route 66 in 1960 and moved to
its present location on Interstate 40 in 1970. The motel is named Big Texan Motel and has 54 units. |
The Creek South Beach |
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A 90-room motel located in Miami Beach, Florida, it is an example of Miami Modern Architecture.
The property has been prominently featured as an architecturally
significant structure in the definitive book on MiMo architecture MiMo:
Miami Modern Revealed.[21] |
The Flanders Hotel |
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Located in Ocean City, Cape May County, New Jersey, it was built in 1923 by the Ocean Front Hotel Corporation |
Thunderbird Motel |
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A Native American-themed motel that was built in 1962 along Interstate 494 and 24th Ave. in Bloomington, Minnesota, a suburb of Minneapolis. It is an example of post-war Americana. It's part of the Ramada franchise. The original Thunderbird Hotel no longer exists. |
Travelodge |
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(Formerly TraveLodge) refers to several hotel chains around the
world. Current operations include: the United States, Canada, the United
Kingdom, Spain, the Republic of Ireland, New Zealand and Australia.
However, many of these are operated by independent companies who have no
connection with the brand in other countries. |
Twin Bridges Motor Hotel |
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Later known as the Twin Bridges Marriott, it was the first lodging facility operated by what would become Marriott International. Since the Marriott Hotel chain did not exist, the hotel was operated as a Quality Courts motel (the precursor to Choice Hotels)
for the first few years. This former motel was located in Arlington,
Virginia, opened on about January 18, 1957, and was demolished in 1990. |
Vagabond Inn |
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An upper-end economy and mid-priced chain of hotels and motels
located on the West Coast of the United States with 38 locations in
California, Nevada and Oregon |
Vibe Hotel |
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Built in 1952 and located on Hollywood Boulevard in Los Angeles,
California, it was originally known as the Movie Town Motel. It was
built in the classic era and style of Googie architecture the "donut"
shaped motel features retro design elements of that period, along with a
motif of bright colors, tile and furniture all reminiscent of the
fifties and sixties. |
Wagon Wheel Motel and Restaurant |
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Was a famous office, motel and restaurant complex located in Oxnard, California, at the intersection of U.S. Route 101 and Pacific Coast Highway. It was demolished in 2011 due to the pending development of 1,500 residential units.[22] |
Wagon Wheel Motel, Café and Station |
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A 19-room independently-owned historic U.S. Route 66 restored motel
in Cuba, Missouri which has been serving travelers for more than
seventy-five years |
Warm Mineral Springs Motel |
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An historic 1958 motel near Warm Mineral Springs, Florida in
Sarasota County, Florida that is known for its mushroom champagne glass
style roof and glass walls, allowing guests to see the stars. It was
selected by the American Institute of Architects for the 1958 Special Awards. |
West Winds Motel |
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Located on old U.S. Route 66 in Erick, Oklahoma, it opened in the
mid-1940s to serve travelers on Route 66; at the time, tourism drove
Erick's economy, and the motel was one of several in the city. The
lodging buildings have a Mission Revival
design with stucco walls and red metal roofs designed to resemble tile.
The motel units have individual garage spaces in front of their
entrances, a style which was common in the 1930s and 1940s but fell out
of favor in later years.[23][24] |
Wigwam Motel |
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(remaining three motels) |
Pictured is the front of the Wigwam Motel in Holbrook, Arizona |
Williams Deluxe Cabins |
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An historic motel complex located in West Whiteland Township,
Chester County, Pennsylvania. It was built in 1937, and includes four
contributing buildings, a service station and motel office, house, and
two multiple rental units. The buildings have Tudor Revival design influences, such as half-timbering and rough faced stucco finish. |