The Wigwam Motels, also known as the "Wigwam Villages", is a motel chain in the United States built during the 1930s and 40s. The rooms are built in the form of tipis, mistakenly referred to as wigwams.[3] It originally had seven different locations: two locations in Kentucky and one each in Alabama, Florida, Arizona, Louisiana, and California. They are very distinctive historic landmarks. Two of the three surviving motels are located on historic U.S. Route 66: in Holbrook, Arizona, and one in San Bernardino, California. All three of the surviving motels are listed on the National Register of Historic Places
Frank A. Redford developed the Village in 1933 after adding tipi-shaped motel units around a museum-cum-shop he had built to house his collection of Native American artifacts. Thirteen tipis surrounded a central structure that originally served as a restaurant, plus a common area with playground, recreation space, and pavilion.[5] Each wigwam has a paved pad to accommodate one car.
The diameter at the base of each tipi is 14 feet (4.3 m), and they are 32 feet (9.8 m) in height. Behind the main room of each unit is a small bathroom with sink, toilet, and shower. In 2008, the rooms contain the original restored hickory furniture and a window-mounted air conditioner. There are no telephones to maintain the original atmosphere of the motel, but the rooms do have cable TV and internet access.
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