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Melinda (Rock Fountain) Court

2400 College St., Springfield, MO
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The Melinda Court on College Street was originally the mid-1940s Rock Fountain Tourist Court and is on the National Register of Historic Places. When the place was new there was a rock fountain in the courtyard, hence the original name. Nine cottages surround the courtyard with the office / managers living quarters on the east end.

In 1961 a new owner renamed it Melinda Court in honor of his daughter. The property is diagonally across the intersection from Mack's Court and also just across the street from the Mullen's Barber Shop.

The cottage closest to the street has a stone veneer on the street side and back as well as the front, the other cottages only have stone on the front. Each cottage has a small covered porch at the entrance.

The 1949 AAA Tour Book lists room rates being between $4.00 and 5.00, with three units having kitchenettes. By 1952 the Tour Book rates had increased a bit to between $4.00 and 7.00 with 4 units were listed as having kitchenettes, but only 5 closed garages.

There is only what looks like one large two car garage on the site today. Wherever the garage(s) were located they must have been separate from the cottages which don't seem to be big enough to have had garages attached. I'm guessing the guest garages were located alone the side street on the east side of the property.

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Vintage Advertising Highlights

ROCK FOUNTAIN COURT
2400 College St., Phone 35906

Springfield, Missouri
One of Springfield's best. Large, spacious grounds, quiet and pleasant, clean and comfortable. Every unit has living room. One mile west of square on City Route 66, 60 and 13.
Garages.

NOTE: This postcard is dated 1950.
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Photo(s): 2016