Estimate the age / year built for this property

[JHZR2]

This is a very clean and well maintained motel that I sometimes stay at on my travels. While I usually frequent the hilton brands, this one is an exception, as it is clean, nice and like a great time capsule of old-time Americana. Some pictures to give you clues. The actual date is stamped into the toilet tank as is always the case, and I verified the same with the owner...

 

[doitmyself]

I'll take a stab at 1960, +/- 2 years.

 

[morepwr]

I will go with 1954.

 

[WiskyBadger]

1950

 

[Darren270]

Late 1930s to 1940s. The thermostat gives it away. That particular model was patented in 1935. The first "round" thermostats came out around 1953.

 

[zloveraz]

1962

 

[Andy636]

1972 ?

Why is there like a rainbow light on the front porch ?

 

[gfh77665]

1952

 

[JHZR2]

Originally Posted By: gfh77665
1952


That's it!!!

Hotel Bel Alton, in Bel Alton, MD from the glory days of US highways, when US 301 was a main route north-south.

 

[astronomy]

1947

 

[JHZR2]

Originally Posted By: Andy636
1972 ?

Why is there like a rainbow light on the front porch ?

How juvenile. Perhaps because it dates from a time before when the use of rainbow colors was defiled to be an adult topic. I was an 80's baby, but I had a pair of rainbow suspenders when I was very young. Didn't mean a thing to anyone.

But my wife, baby and myself like the scheme and use of lots of neon tube lights.

 

[Cristobal]

1940.

 

[bvance554]

How much per night?

 

[gfh77665]

Originally Posted By: JHZR2
Originally Posted By: gfh77665
1952


That's it!!!

Hotel Bel Alton, in Bel Alton, MD from the glory days of US highways, when US 301 was a main route north-south.


Am I good or what? LOL!

 

[morris]

the base board gives it away. before 1950

 

[TheBig2003]

If it is still original 1952, then my God...the wiring issues and code issues! lol

 

[eljefino]

Wow, I'd have said late 1930s from that art deco thermostat. Maybe they found new old stock.

Of course the motel fad was really cooking in the early 1950s so it wins by default. Can you get a gander at what kind of flourescents were out front? I guess single pin T12s.

 

[Mr Nice]

The photos reminds me of the old Art Deco style hotels on Miami Beach with neon.

 

[ChiTDI]

Originally Posted By: LT4 Vette
The photos reminds me of the old Art Deco style hotels on Miami Beach with neon.


Same time frame - Copacabana night club, Jake LaMotta, I think even Ray Charles put in some time on that strip.

Air conditioning really changed that landscape.

 

[dishdude]

What a beautiful motel! It's like stepping back in time - very cool!