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The museum would run a visitor's center and gift shop out of the building, and lease the restaurant operation to another party. [12] On December 5, the Joliet City Council tabled a vote on a $250,000 grant to the museum for 2024 operations. City officials want to look further into the dismissal of 13 employees and volunteers earlier in the year ...
The newest Route 66 museum is the Litchfield Museum and Route 66 Welcome Center, which opened in 2012 across from the Ariston Cafe. This museum houses an extensive history of the city of Litchfield and offers guided tours and special events. [39] Artist Bob Waldmire's van at the Pontiac Route 66 Museum
U.S. Route 66 was a highway established on November 11, 1926, connecting Chicago, Illinois to the Southwest.Several buildings from the Route 66 era still stand and are part of the Historic and Architectural Resources of Route 66 Through Illinois Multiple Property Submission on the National Register of Historic Places.
From Illinois to California, these restored Route 66 filling stations deserve a pit stop. ... Now it serves as a Route 66 welcome center and museum. Lin0515 / TripAdvisor. 2. Soulsby's Service
Oct. 24—In less than a year, people could be enjoying a cold beverage while listening to music and photographing neon signs at the Route 66 Visitor Center. During a tour of the property Thursday ...
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 ...
A Route 66 museum is a museum devoted primarily to the history of U.S. Route 66, a U.S. Highway which served the states of California, Arizona, New Mexico, Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas, Missouri, and Illinois, in the United States from 1926 until it was bypassed by the Interstate highway system and ultimately decommissioned in June 1985.
Aug. 7—The city-owned Route 66 Visitor Center will have a commission to recommend policies and goals for the center, uphold the original vision of the center and recommend contracts. The visitor ...