Cactus Motor Lodge
Cactus Motor Lodge | |
Location | 1316 E. Tucumcari Blvd., Tucumcari, New Mexico |
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Coordinates | 35°10′24″N 103°42′37″W / 35.17333°N 103.71028°W |
Area | 3 acres (1.2 ha) |
Built | 1941 |
Architectural style | Exotic Revival |
MPS | Route 66 through New Mexico MPS |
NRHP reference No. | 06000154[1] |
NMSRCP No. | 1887 |
Significant dates | |
Added to NRHP | March 21, 2006 |
Designated NMSRCP | December 5, 2005[2] |
The Cactus Motor Lodge, now known as the Cactus RV Park, is a motel located along historic U.S. Route 66 in Tucumcari, New Mexico. I.E. and Edna Perry built the lodge in 1941. The motel included three wings of units forming a "U" shape and an office, the latter of which was a dance hall when the motel opened. In 1952, Norm Wegner purchased the motel; Wegner added an artificial stone exterior to the buildings and converted the dance hall to an office. After Route 66 was decommissioned, the motel lost much of its business, and by the 1990s it became an RV park; the motel units are currently unused. The motel's neon sign was restored in 2008.[3]
The motel was added to the National Register of Historic Places on March 21, 2006.[1]
See also
References
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ "New Mexico's Rich Cultural Heritage: Listed State and National Register Properties" (PDF). New Mexico Historic Preservation Division. Retrieved August 10, 2013.
- ^ "2008: Cactus Motel Neon Sign Restored". New Mexico Route 66 Association. Retrieved August 10, 2013.
External links
- Media related to Cactus Motor Lodge at Wikimedia Commons
Categories:
- Hotel buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in New Mexico
- Hotel buildings completed in 1941
- Buildings and structures in Quay County, New Mexico
- U.S. Route 66 in New Mexico
- Buildings and structures on U.S. Route 66
- Hotels established in 1941
- Motels in the United States
- National Register of Historic Places in Quay County, New Mexico
- New Mexico Registered Historic Place stubs