Usually, when you think of Route 66, you envision the unique one-story motels. However, the cities along the route also have their share of grand and magnificent hotels standing right downtown.
Unfortunately. many of these have met their demise, but now, some cities are realizing the jewels that they have and are restoring rather than demolishing.
The National Trust for Historic Preservation's Historic Hotels of America program is involved in helping these place survive into the 21st century.
I checked their website and listed the hotels in Route 66 cities.
Illinois- Chicago
Millennium Knickerbocker Hotel- 1927
Palmer House Hilton- 1875
Missouri- St. Louis
Chase Park Plaza Hotel- 1922
Hyatt Regency St. Louis at Union Station- 1894
Oklahoma-
Tulsa- Hotel Ambassador- 1929
Oklahoma City- Colcord Hotel
Skirvin Hilton- 1911- reopened Feb. 2007. We almost lost this one.
New Mexico- Santa Fe
La Fonda- 1922
California- Santa Monica
Georgia Hotel- 1933
http://www.historichotels.org/
Beautiful, But Too Expensive for Me. --RoadDog
RoadDog's RoadLog Blog: Being my travels down those great two lane highways of this nation as well as news I learn about them from media sources. Since I'm also very interested in historic preservation, there will be a lot of that as well.
The Shamrock Court Motel in Sullivan, Missouri. It can be yours for $125,000. Lots of possibilities. Actually, now you're too late. Missouri's Roamin' Rich bought it.
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