The Wigwam Motels are also known as the Wigwam Villages. The chain was built during the 1930's and 1940's. There were 7 different locations.
Village # 1 in Horse Cave, Kentucky, was built in 1933, and closed in 1935.
Village # 2 in Cave City Kentucky is close to Mammoth Cave National Park and still in operation.
Village # 3 New Orleans Louisiana went out of business in 1954.
Village # 4 Orlando Florida went out of business in 1974.
Village # 5 Bessemer Alabama went out of business in 1964.
Village #6 Holbrook Arizona closed in 1974 when I-40 bypassed downtown Holbrook. It was reopened in 1988.
Village #7 San Bernardino California built in 1947, was not part of the chain. Since 2012, it has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
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The bathroom in the WigWam Motel reminds me of Uncle Stan's comment about the bathrooms in the A-Frame motel (Laskey's) on Deep Creek Lake: "To use it, you have to back in or have been born there."
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