SunTide Inn & Major Court

A soaring canopy welcomed weary travelers to the Suntide Inn. The motel sat on what was Route 66 and is now the south service road for the 39th Street Expressway.

Before the Suntide was built this was the site of "The Major Court" a 43 room motor court style motel, both motels were built and owned by Lyle Overman. After the Suntide was built in 1960 what was left of the Major Court sat on the east side of the new building. Apparently some of the Major Court units were torn down t make room for the Suntide. Together the combined motels offered 75 rooms. The Overman's sold the property in 1966.

A postcard described the Suntide as having "year round" air conditioning and television. The SunTide Inn was dedicated by Miss Oklahoma in August of 1960. It was sold to the state in 1976 and became the Kate Barnard Community Corrections Center correctional facility. In 2015 the state put it up for sale.

The restaurant building sat on the west side of the courtyard and featured a sort of saw-tooth arrangement of windows along the front of the dining room.

The edge of a small patio next to the restaurant mimicked the saw-tooth pattern found on the front of the building. A swimming pool and playground once occupied much of the grassy courtyard seen here.

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Vintage advertising highlights

The Major Court
3200 W. 39th St. (U.S. 66 and 270)
Oklahoma City Oklahoma
Phone: Windsor 2-****
43 spacious, air=conditioned rooms with all-tiled baths. Fully carpeted. Free radios. Garages. Fine food nearby.
"For those who care"

NOTE: Another later postcard shows both the Major Court and the Suntide Inn.
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Photo(s): 2015