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Kelly & Sun Tan/Texan Route 66 Motel

412 W. 12th St., Shamrock, TX
Phone: 806-256-3569
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The Texan Route 66 Motel is two vintage motels operating as one business. The one story building in the was the Kelly Motel. The two story building on the far right started out as the Sun Tan Motel

The Sun Tan had a very modern glass wall office accessed from a large canopy that sloped to the west from the second story roof. But the building has been heavily modified and the glass wall and canopy are long gone.

x When this was the Kelly Motel there was an office section with a canopy over the office entrance, both of which seem to have been removed. They would have been on the right in this photo between the end of the building with the larger window and the street.

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Vintage Advertising Highlights

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(Mid-late 60s)

( This postcard shows a sign for a restaurant here also.)
Easy to find - Hard to Leave
Tastefully furnished motel rooms.
Helen & Carol Williams, Owners and Managers

(Early-(mid 60s)
(This postcard shows a sign for a restaurant here also.)
Easy to find - Hard to Leave
Tastefully furnished motel rooms.
Mr. & Mrs. H. G. Tucker, Owners and Managers
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(1958 Postcard}
Kelly Motel
(Home Away From Home)
West Highway 66 Shamrock, Texas
Tastefully furnished motel rooms
Mr. & Mrs. H. G. Tucker, Owners and Managers
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Photo(s): 2012

 



 

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