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Individual unit, Wigwam Motel, Holbrook, Arizona. Arizona motel owner Chester E. Lewis built this Wigwam Village in 1950. It is located on the historic Route 66, [16] at 811 West Hopi Drive in Holbrook, Arizona. [17] Nearby places of interest include Petrified Forest National Park, Meteor Crater (Barringer Crater), and the Grand Canyon. [3]
The landmarks on U.S. Route 66 include roadside attractions, notable establishments, and buildings of historical significance along U.S. Route 66 (US 66, Route 66).. The increase of tourist traffic to California in the 1950s prompted the creation of motels and roadside attractions [1] as an attempt of businesses along the route to get the attention of motorists passing by. [2]
The Mother Road. America’s Highway. The Main Street of America. The Will Rogers Highway. Route 66 goes by many names, but no matter how travelers refer to it, there’s one constant everyone can ...
66 Motel is the name of various independent tourist lodgings on the former Route 66 in the United States of America: 66 Motel (Needles) , on the Arizona border in Needles, California 66 Motel (Tulsa) (built circa-1933, demolished June 26, 2001) as a historically-listed site in Tulsa, Oklahoma
Today the town of Cuba has been designated "Route 66 Mural City" for its public art and features the Route's oldest continuously operated motel, The Wagon Wheel. There are a number of nearby sites ...
1. Roy's Motel and Cafe. Amboy, California. Roy's started as a gas and service station in 1938, an oasis on Route 66 in the Mojave Desert. It soon grew to include a cafe and cabins for overnight ...
Tee Pee Drive-In is a historic drive-in theater located on an old alignment of U.S. Route 66 in Sapulpa, Oklahoma. The drive-in theatre was first built in 1949 and opened on May 5, 1950. [ 2 ] The theatre used a type of paving for its pathways, unlike other drive-ins at the time which used dirt pathways.
Called "one of the most impressive examples" of Route 66 architecture by the Texas Historical Commission, [12] the U-Drop Inn was added to the National Register of Historic Places on September 18, 1997. [1] [13] [14] In May 1999, the First National Bank of Shamrock purchased the U-Drop Inn, then gave it to the city of Shamrock. [4] [10]