Thesaurus results for MOTOR INN

motor inn

noun

as in motor court

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Recent Examples of motor inn The Fountain Inn first opened in 1959 as what at the time was a luxury motor inn, according to History Colorado. —

Miguel Otárola, Denver Post, 18 Mar. 2026 Another solid New Mexico option is Arrive Albuquerque, which opened in 2025 as a 137-room boutique hotel set in a former mid-century motor inn. —

Zoey Goto, Travel + Leisure, 8 Mar. 2026 Trixie found the motor inn, built in 1953, while scrolling through Zillow, and quickly began renovations in 2020 after purchasing it—a process documented on the show Trixie Motel. —

Mae Hamilton, AFAR Media, 23 July 2025 Built in 1939, this is a true motor inn, with garages between the rooms for parking your car. —

Catherine Garcia, theweek, 19 July 2024 It’s partly set in 1955 in a fictional Southwest town, a lonely four corners with a diner, gas station and motor inn. —

Manohla Dargis, New York Times, 15 June 2023 And there’s no better way to do so than visiting some of California’s classic motor inns. —

Krista Simmons, Sunset Magazine, 22 May 2023 The property sits on 2.8 acres of land and was previously a 1950s-era motor inn. —

Nicole Kliest, Vogue, 27 Nov. 2022 Lindsey Kurowski, owner of the Springs Motel in New Ashford, turned the parking lot in front of the rooms of her motor inn into a yard for games and relaxing. —

Christopher Muther, BostonGlobe.com, 25 Nov. 2022

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Other than a rebranding from Goodnight Court to Classic Inn, little has changed over the past eight decades at the tourist court.

— Michael Barnes, Austin American Statesman, 5 Mar. 2026
No longer a tourist court, the building was reconfigured into a private home.

— Ray Hanley, Arkansas Online, 19 June 2025