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Sunset Inn

860 W. Main, Barstow, CA
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Originally each guest room had a carport, but by the mid 50s the carports were gone having been converted to guest rooms. In 1955 the motel was advertised as having 14 units, eight with kitchenettes and a new cafe as well as a 6-1/2 room owners/managers apartment.

In 2016 the motel was listed for sale as a package with the Topper Motel and the former El Carlos Motel . That ad listed the Sunset Inn (Casa Loma) as as having 17 units. The ad listed the property as being built in 1936, but didn't specify which motel that referred to, Still that date would seem reasonable for the Casa Loma (Sunset) considering the architectural style of the original building having carports. Jack Rittenhouse mentioned the Casa Loma in his 1946 "A Guide Book to Highway 66".

What is now the office was not part of the original motel building. There's no cafe here now. I'm guessing based on all the windows in this addition that it was the 1955 cafe mentioned above.

I'm not sure just when the motel was renamed the Sunset Inn but apparently in the time between it known as the 860 West Motel for some time.

Photo(s): 2017