Sunday, May 20, 2012

#39 Stokker Motel - Evansville, Indiana

"18 New and Modern Units, Connecting Rooms, Tile Baths, Tub and Shower. Television. Air Conditioning, Central Heat, with Guest Control."


7 comments:

  1. Hey, that's my city! I'm trying to think where this location is. They don't put an address on the card. Seems like that would help if someone were trying to find them.

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  2. Ha ! Only in E-ville could there be a Motel named Stokker. You'll have to ask KW if the place still exists (if it is truly Un-Dead) !

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  3. Hey, guys: knowing KW came from Evansville, I tried to locate this baby but had no luck.

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  4. Okay I know what's going on now. I couldn't think of where on Hwy 41 this could possibly be, but there is a completely separate road called "old" 41 and there are a bunch of 60s style motels on that strip. I don't know if I'd want to stay in one. I hear stories about people being found dead in those motels. The 60s style signs still exist on a few of them. Now they call it North Fares Ave instead of HWY41.

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  5. Keith: Absolutely awesome!! I'm so happy we can give this old gem a local. As you indicate - I just bet it's a ghost of its former glory. That's why I post these old cards - to at least remember the American motel in its prime.

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  6. Sadly they don't call it Stokker anymore. Maybe it's called Arrowhead Hotel or St Marys, or Sunset. There are a few and none of them look exactly the same as this.

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  7. KW: I bet Stokker was the family name of the hosts/owners and when/if they sold it, the new owners changed the name and the sign.

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