{"nrhp_refnum":"10000982","name":"Triangle Motel","other_names":[],"category":"district","location":{"address":"7804, 7808, 7954, and 8024 E Amarillo Blvd","address_restricted":false,"city":"Amarillo","county":"Potter County","state":"TX","lat":35.22413686900006,"lon":-101.74830447099998,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2010-12-07","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Commerce","Transportation"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A district of six buildings (a two-wing motel, café, gas station, residence and maintenance garage) built 1946-1952 on a triangular parcel where historic US 66 and US 60 meet in northeastern Amarillo, Potter County, Texas.","why_significant":"The nomination cites the complex's role in commerce and transportation along Route 66 and Amarillo's mid-century tourist economy. It also treats the property as an excellent local example of a motor court with its related gas and food facilities. It is nominated at the local level under Criteria A and C.","narrative":"Where US 66 and US 60 meet in northeastern Amarillo, a triangular lot holds a roadside complex built to serve travelers with lodging, food and fuel. Six buildings went up between 1946 and 1952: two facing one-story motel wings in simplified Streamline Moderne, a café, a gas station, a house and a maintenance garage. The house was an assembly-line product delivered by truck, an early relative of the manufactured home. In 1956 the exteriors were covered with brick or Permastone veneer, and little has changed since. The motel rooms keep plaster walls, steel casement windows, redwood doors and tiled bathrooms, and a pole-mounted neon sign remains. The café and gas station are counted as noncontributing because of later alterations, including a roof added to the café in 2009. The complex is recognized for its link to Route 66 and Amarillo's tourist trade in the mid-twentieth century, and as a representative local example of the motel, café and gas station grouping. Silas \"Si\" Clayton is named as builder.","period_of_significance":"1946-1960","architect_builder":"Silas M. \"Si\" Clayton","architectural_style":"Modern Movement: Streamline Moderne; Commercial Vernacular; Minimal Traditional","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"The café operates as a bar and the residence is a single dwelling. The form also marks the property as vacant/not in use. The café and gas station are noncontributing because of later alterations.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:54:23.410792-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/29/9699/40969929/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_TX/10000982.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/10000982/6e27b80027-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/10000982/6e27b80027-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Jazzlady40","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Trianglemotel.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Jazzlady40</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Trianglemotel.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/40969929","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q110000175"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/texas/potter-county/triangle-motel-10000982/"}