Star Lite Motel is a historic motel

Motel

A motor hotel, or motel for short, is a hotel designed for motorists, and usually has a parking area for motor vehicles...

 in Dilworth

Dilworth, Minnesota

As of the census of 2000, there were 3,001 people, 1,160 households, and 787 families residing in the city. The population density was 1,510.6 people per square mile . There were 1,238 housing units at an average density of 623.2 per square mile...

, Minnesota

Minnesota

Minnesota is a U.S. state located in the Midwestern United States. The twelfth largest state of the U.S., it is the twenty-first most populous, with 5.3 million residents. Minnesota was carved out of the eastern half of the Minnesota Territory and admitted to the Union as the thirty-second state...

. It is one of the oldest buildings in Dilworth, and it is the oldest motel in Clay County

Clay County, Minnesota

Clay County is a county located in the U.S. state of Minnesota. As of 2010, the population was 58,999. Its name is in honor of American statesman Henry Clay, member of the United States Senate from Kentucky and United States Secretary of State in the 19th century. Its county seat is Moorhead...

. Earlier it was known as Charley's Motel. A previous owner created the motel's famous neon sign

Neon sign

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 that is regarded as the motel's most important feature.

Architecture

The motel is 'L' shaped, with a specific 1950's motel architecture style, while a red colored neon sign can be found on the end of the building by the road. The neon sign's architectural style was recognized as valuable by numerous 1950's motel historians and passersby. Now, the motel is a blue painted, single story edifice, surrounded by a large parking lot and empty fields.

History

A previous owner, Vivian Tang, bought the Star Lite (formerly Charley's Motel) building, in 1959, and operated it until the current owner, William Donovan bought it.

External links

• Motel at Trip Advisor
• Motel at Wikimapia
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• Motel at Places of America