Canyon Motel & RV Park

1900 E Rodeo Rd., Williams, AZ
Phone: 928-635-9371

East < GO > West

The former Kaibab Motor Lodge was built in the late 1940s by Dick Evans but was sold to Lee Treece, Jr. before it opened for business on June 12, 1949. The Treece's already owned the new El Coronado Motel in Williams. The complex consisted of 6 cottages that together held a total of 18 guest rooms. The cottages and the Office/Lodge cottage were built of stone with sandstone veneer on the exterior.

The Kaibab Motor Lodge later became the Canyon Motel and then the Canyon Motel & RV Park. This is a place where you can stay in a cozy cabin, an old caboose, your RV, or a tent, it seems to offer something for everyone. Whatever you choose, this has got to be one of the more interesting places to spend a night or so on Route 66! The motel is located on the east end of town on Rodeo Road about a block off Route 66.

Does this look like a fun place to spend the night or what? I'm not sure when this caboose was retired by the railroad, but I've seen a photo of it apparently in service in 1989.

A bit more traditional are the original rock cabins from the Kaibab Motor Lodge days.

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Vintage Advertising Highlights

KAIBAB MOTOR LODGE
Williams, Arizona on U.S. Highways 66 and 89, 1/2 mile East of town at the Gateway to the Grand Canyon. 18 ultra modern units. Williams newest and finest. Nestled in the edge of the pines, adjoining the Kaibab National Forest. Cooled in the summer by the breezes that sweep down Mt. Bill Williams. Heated in winter by clean safe steam heat from central heating plant.
Phone 0334-J-4
MR. & MRS. LEE O. TREECE, Owners
AAA

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Photo(s): 2013