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St. Clair, MO
St. Clair is home to the whimsical Hot and Cold water towers among other
points of interest.
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 Johnson's
Mo-Tel,
780 Commercial Ave., St. Clair, MO
Charlie & Liz Johnson built their Mo-Tel about 1940 by . There
were two St. Louis-style cabins behind the office ... read
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 Former
1926 Route 66 Alignment
Old Rt 66 at Gravois Ave.
If you go straight ahead here you'll be on a dead end section of
the 1926 alignment, turn right to the later alignments of 66 ...
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Side Trip: Follow old 66 thru town and cross I-44 at Exit 239, turn
right and take the north service road east about 2 miles to Hwy. AB
and turn left to St. Clair Industrial Dr. and turn left.
 Hot
and Cold Water Towers
(Next to) 425 St. Clair Industrial Dr.
OK, this one is just for fun. Take the north service road from exit
239 go NE to road AB turn N and then turn left at ... read
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Back on 66: Turn around and take the north service road west past
exit 239 to the VFW / Skylark Motel.
NOTE: Much of I-44 was built on top of the the 1950s four lane
66 in this area, so some landmarks have addresses on the north service
road.
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 Skylark
Motel
1087 N Service Rd. W.
A VFW now occupies the former Skylark Motel was built in the mid-1950s
by Charlie & Robert Johnson ... read
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Former Ozark Court Motel
566 N Service Rd W.
About 3.5 mile west of Scully's and shortly west of St. Louis Inn
Rd, north side of road, cement block wall on one side ... read
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Benson's
Tourist Court
2649 N. Service Rd., W. (Old 66), St. Clair, MO
Lewis Benson built Benson's Tourist City in 1937 and ran it until
selling it in 1948. They started with just a cafe, filling station,
and ... read
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 Motel
Meramec
2985 Old Route 66, St. Clair, MO
The Kovacevich family built the Motel Meramec and Cafe in the late
1940s. It soon became knowns a Kovac's ... read
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 Stay tuned,
there's more to come!
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About Us We started traveling Historic U.S. Route 66 as a destination in 2009. It's like a 2,400 mile long drive back in time from Chicago to Santa Monica! more
Did
You Know: Many parts of the old 4 lane Route 66 were reverted to a 2 lane
road after 66 was realigned to the interstate. In many places the abandoned
lanes are still there.
Meramec
Caverns Barn Sign