Flamingo Inn

2000 W 3rd St., Elk City, OK
Phone:

East < GO > West

The Flamingo Motel & Restaurant opened in 1961 with 24 units. Looking at the features listed on a postcard from the early 1960s this must have been a pretty nice place at the time. There had been a swimming pool between the driveway and the restaurant. The pool has been filled in and replaced by a concrete slab used for parking. At some point the name changed from the Flamingo Motel to the Flamingo Inn.

The restaurant has been heavily modified and was a Mexican restaurant when we went by in 2015.

This large nondescript sign has replaced the much more flamboyant original.

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Vintage Advertising Highlights

(AAA & American Express logos)
The Flamingo Motel & Restaurant
2000 W. 3rd - Hwy. 66 West - Phone CA 5-****
Elk City, Oklahoma
The Newest and Most Modern in Elk City
24 nicely appointed units in attractive, new, brick motel.
Hi-fi Music - TV - Refrigerated Air Conditioning - Thermostat Heat - Telephones- Swimming Pool - Connecting Units - Children's Playground.
Your Hosts: Mr. and Mrs. E. J. Bell

NOTE: There's no mention of room phones on this early 60s postcard. Check out the differences in the signs! There's another small logo on the postcard that I don't recognize but assume it to be from some lodging rating association.
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Photo(s): 2015