Rail Haven Motel

Rail Haven Motel, also known as Rail Haven Motor Court, is a historic traveler's accommodation located at Springfield, Greene County, Missouri. It was built in 1938 and enlarged in 1957. It is an L-shaped motel complex that includes two Nine Unit Motel Buildings, Laundry, a 16 Unit Motel Building (1950), Original Laundry (1950), Office (1953), three Multiple Unit Motel Buildings (1938, c. 1957), the Thirty Unit Motel Building (1957), Swimming Pool and Pool House (1958), and Three Unit Motel Building (c. 1957).[2]

Rail Haven Motel
Rail Haven Motel, October 2010
Location203 S, Glenstone Ave, Springfield, Missouri
Coordinates37°12′39″N 93°15′44″W
Area4.2 acres (1.7 ha)
Built1938 (1938), c. 1957
Architectural styleLate 19th And Early 20th Century American Movements
MPSRoute 66 in Missouri MPS
NRHP reference No.10000245[1]
Added to NRHPMay 10, 2010

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2010.[1] Today it operates as a Best Western franchise.

References

Media related to Rail Haven Motor Court at Wikimedia Commons

  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. Philip Thomason/Kristen Luetkemeier (September 2009). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Rail Haven Motel" (PDF). Missouri Department of Natural Resources. Retrieved 2016-12-01. (includes 26 photographs from 2009)


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