Name/Title
Martin's "Y" Motel - 3510 North 71 HighwayEntry/Object ID
2020.25.2332Description
Circa 1940
MARTIN'S "Y" MOTEL
3510 North 71 Highway (North Belt Highway)
All Razed in April 2016
The "Y" BBQ & Roadhouse sat on the town's outskirts, the junction of North 169 and 71 Highways
This is now one of the busiest intersections in the city and the area is really developing with a new shopping center, Lowes, Walmart, Sams Club, large movie complex, restaurants and other retail businesses that opened in 2005 & 2006 (called The Shoppes).
The "Y" Motel restaurant housed several slot machines and had 10 cabins in back, which were called tourist courts. Many of the cabins were still standing and were occupied by small businesses until 2016.
On the south side, a filling station used to stand. The building burned down in 1939 or 1940.
Across the highway, where the Mo Highway Patrol now stands, was the Thames Stadium, ball field and race track.
The Ogden Restaurant was across the highway on the northeast corner, where St Joseph Tobacco now stands.
During the summer of 2016, the entire "Y" Motel complex was razed.
Construction of a small shopping center has begun, as seen in the last 3 photos.
