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Boots Court Motel

1939 establishments in MissouriBuildings and structures on U.S. Route 66Hotels established in 1939Hotels in MissouriMotels in the United States
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Sign of Boots Court Motel Carthage Missouri USA (40069855940)
Sign of Boots Court Motel Carthage Missouri USA (40069855940)

The Boots Motel, a historic U.S. Route 66 motor hotel in Carthage, Missouri, opened in 1939 as the Boots Court at 107 S. Garrison Avenue. It served travellers at the "crossroads of America" (US 66 and U.S. Route 71, the major roads of that era) and was built in streamline moderne and art deco architectural style, its roofline and walls accented in black Carrara glass and green neon. Arthur and Ilda Boots originally advertised "a radio in every room" and each room included a covered carport. A filling station briefly operated at the front of the property when it opened during the Great Depression but was soon replaced by the motel's office.The motel was one of two to bear the Boots Court name; Arthur's brother Loyd A. Boots had established a 1930 Boots Cottage Court on US 54 in Eldon which became Randle's Court upon its sale to Helen Randle in 1947. Both of these properties are being painstakingly restored to a historic "radio in every room" 1940s, by different private preservationists.

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N 37.1783 ° E -94.3143 °
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Boots Court

South Garrison Avenue 107
64836
Missouri, United States
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Boots Court Foundation

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bootscourt66.com

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Sign of Boots Court Motel Carthage Missouri USA (40069855940)
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