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.
Monday, September 3, 2018
Along 66, July 2018: Art's Motel Sign in Farmersville, Illinois Taken Down
JULY 25-- Art's Motel sign in Farmersville, Illinois, is taken down. The neon sign was dismantled but will be preserved by a sign company and it will go to a history-themed bar in Springfield. (I'm thinking Motorheads which we went to on the Illinois Route 66 Motor Tour back in June.)
Sadly, the fate of the motel is uncertain.
Ace Sign Company in Springfield has a museum of signs and they will acquire the north-facing sign. The south-facing sign will go to the beergarten of Motorheads in Springfield.
Art McAnamey founded Arts's Motel and Restaurant in 1937. It was damaged by a fire in 1952. McAnamey died in 1957 and his sons Elmer and Joe kept it running for years after that.
Kris Jain briefly reopened it in 2017 after it had been closed for six years, but the restaurant remained closed.
I was always hoping to get a chance to stay in this motel and eat at the restaurant, but it doesn't appear that is going to happen.
--RoadDog
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