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BUDGET INN (EL PATIO MOTOR COURT)

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1946. 1108 Ellisville Blvd.

A rare intact motor court in the state, El Patio adopted a Mission style with shaped parapets similar to the Alamo Plaza chain of tourist courts, which had a design based on the Alamo in San Antonio, Texas. The U-shaped court, with its detached office at the center, faces U.S. 11 and offered accommodations that were cheaper and more convenient for automobile travelers than railroad-oriented downtown hotels. Guests park their cars in front of their rooms, which face the court. An expansion to the south, probably from the 1950s, maintained the Mission style.

Writing Credits

Author: 
Jennifer V.O. Baughn and Michael W. Fazio with Mary Warren Miller
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OAK PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL (OAK PARK HIGH SCHOOL)
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Citation

Jennifer V.O. Baughn and Michael W. Fazio with Mary Warren Miller, "BUDGET INN (EL PATIO MOTOR COURT)", [Laurel, Mississippi], SAH Archipedia, eds. Gabrielle Esperdy and Karen Kingsley, Charlottesville: UVaP, 2012—, http://sah-archipedia.org/buildings/MS-02-PW21.

Print Source

Buildings of Mississippi, Jennifer V. O. Baughn and Michael W. Fazio. With Mary Warren Miller. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 2021, 312-312.

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