Built 1941 (1941) NRHP Reference # 06000154 Opened 1941 Added to NRHP 21 March 2006 | Architectural style Exotic Revival NMSRCP # 1887 Area 1 ha | |
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MPS Route 66 through New Mexico MPS |
The Cactus Motor Lodge, now known as the Cactus RV Park, is a motel located along historic U.S. Route 66 in Tucumcari, New Mexico. I.E. and Edna Perry built the lodge in 1941. The motel included three wings of units forming a "U" shape and an office, the latter of which was a dance hall when the motel opened. In 1952, Norm Wegner purchased the motel; Wegner added an artificial stone exterior to the buildings and converted the dance hall to an office. After Route 66 was decommissioned, the motel lost much of its business, and by the 1990s it became an RV park; the motel units are currently unused. The motel's neon sign was restored in 2008.
The motel was added to the National Register of Historic Places on March 21, 2006.
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