Wigwam Motel #7 - Rialto

The Wigwam Motel #7 is located on East Foothill Boulevard, along Historic Route 66, in Rialto, California.  It is one in a series of seven motel villages built by developer Frank A. Redford between 1933 and 1950.  Wigwam Motels were a complex of teepee shaped motel rooms, arranged as a village, which provided accomodations to travelers. Wigwam Motel #7 was built in 1949 and is one of three remaining villages, the others being Wigwam #6 in Holbrook, Arizona, and Wigwam #2 in Cave City, Kentucky.  #7 and #6 both sit along Route 66.  In later years the motel fell into disrepair and was reduced to renting out it's teepees on an hourly basis!  In 2005 Wigwam #7 underwent a restoration which brought the motel back to its original appearance.  It was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2012. 

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