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Skylark Motel / VFW Post 2482

1087 N. Service Rd., St. Clair, MO 63077 Address
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This former Skylark Motel was built in the early 1950s by the father and son team of Charlie & Robert Johnson. It was built on a hill with a tall glass-block tower so it could be seen from both the east & west, beckoning travelers. The VFW purchased this property in 1993. In 2014 there was a ceremony celebrating the restoration and relighting of the glass block tower and neon "Skylark" name.

The other side of the tower carries the VFW name, also in neon. The one story part of this building was added in 1979 to house a restaurant.

There is a very nice veterans memorial on the east side of the parking lot.

Charlie & Liza Johnson had earlier built their first motel around 1940 which consisted of a stone office and St. Louis style cabins. In addition to several guest rooms on the ground floor of the main building eight more rooms with garages were available in a second building on the west side of the site. The low stucco building is now part of the St. Clair Agape House.

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Vintage Advertising Highlights

SKYLARK MOTEL
at St. Clair, Mo.
On U.S. Highway 66, 50 Miles SW of St. Louis
Playgrounds, TV, carports, Air-conditioned.
R. Chas, Johnson, owner - Phone 777
AMHA Affilliated Motel

NOTE: The big monument sign out front is gone, but the glass block and neon tower sign on the building is still there. AMHA stands for American Motor Hotel Association.
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Photo(s): 2016