Wigwam motels
The Wigwam Motels , also known as Wigwam Villages, are motels built in the 1930s to 1950s that consist of individual, teepee- shaped concrete buildings. Two of the three remaining motels are on historic Route 66 , in Holbrook , Arizona and on the border between Rialto and San Bernardino , California .
Wigwam Motel # 2 , in Cave City , was listed on March 16, 1988 on the National Register of Historic Places (the official list of cultural monuments of the US federal government). The Wigwam Village # 6 followed on May 2 of 2002.
The motels were parodied in the Pixar film Cars as Cozy Cone Motel and in the video game GTA San Andreas .
history
Frank A. Redford applied for the ornamented design of the building on December 17, 1935 for a design patent , which was granted to him as design patent D98,617 on February 18, 1936. The tipis have a diameter of 4.3 meters and a height of 9.8 meters.
Wigwam Villages
Wigwam Village # 1: Horse Cave, Kentucky
Built by Frank A. Redford in 1933. The Village was closed again in 1935 when it was replaced by the nearby Village # 2 . The buildings were demolished in 1982.
Wigwam Village # 2: Cave City, Kentucky
Wigwam Village # 2 was built in 1937 and consists of 15 residential wigwams that surround a large central restaurant in a semicircle. Each wigwam can be approached with your own car and has its own parking space right next to it. The Village is located at 601 North Dixie Hwy in Cave City, Kentucky. ( 37 ° 8 ′ 42 ″ N , 85 ° 56 ′ 43 ″ W )
Wigwam Village # 3: New Orleans, Louisiana
In the immediate vicinity of US Highway 51 , 61 and 71 , opened in 1940, was closed again in 1954.
Wigwam Village # 4: Orlando, Florida
Wigwam Village # 4 was built in 1948 and was located near US Highways 441, 17 and 92 in Orlando, Florida. Was closed again in 1974.
Wigwam Village # 5: Bessemer, Alabama
Erected in 1940 north of Downtown Bessemer, on US Highway 11 , Bessemer , Alabama . The village containing 15 wigwam was closed again in 1964.
Wigwam Village # 7: Rialto / San Bernardino, California
Built by Frank Redford in 1947/49. The 19 wigwams lie in two rows in a semicircle around the central building. The Village is located on Historic Route 66, 2728 West Foothill Blvd. in Rialto, California. ( 34 ° 6 ′ 24 ″ N , 117 ° 21 ′ 0 ″ W )
Web links
- Wigwam Motel # 2, Cave City, KY
- Wigwam Motel # 6, Holbrook, AZ
- Wigwam Motel # 7, Rialto, CA
- Historical pictures of all 7 villages
Individual evidence
- ↑ United States Patent Office: Design Patent Number D98,167 (English), accessed on February 17, 2011