Wigwam 2 For Sale, Cave City, Ky

[rudkipon66]

I/We got the below email from one Travis Good on the Route 66 egroup...for the uninitiated, the Wigwam 2 is the oldest of the Wigwam Motels still standing (the other two remaining are in Holbrook, AZ and Rialto, CA. The Motel is at the corner of the Dixie Highway and US 31W, is a beautiful piece of property and is very near Mammoth Cave (it is just outside Cave City, KY)...Tsingtao, Kip

 

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I just drove a portion of Route 66. I visited the Wigwam in Rialto,

CA and stayed a night at the one in Holbrook, AZ. I've long been

enchanted with these novelty motels. Since I was heading toward

Washington D.C. I thought I'd also arrange to stay at the only other

remaining motel, Wigwam #2 in Cave City, KY.

 

Having just arrived home, I thought I'd share something I learned

during my stay. Though it's not on Route 66, there may be someone on

this list who would be interested to know that the 15-unit Wigwam #2

is for sale. Other than a general price range of $400-500K I don't

know much about it. Seems after three years of operating the motel

the owners are ready to get out of the business. Apparently they

bought Wigwam #2 never having operated a motel before and have found

that it's not for them.

 

Any how, I thought someone here might like to know.

 

http://www.wigwamvillage.com/

 

Cheers, Travis

[Jennifer]

I/We got the below email from one Travis Good on the Route 66 egroup...for the uninitiated, the Wigwam 2 is the oldest of the Wigwam Motels still standing (the other two remaining are in Holbrook, AZ and Rialto, CA. The Motel is at the corner of the Dixie Highway and US 31W, is a beautiful piece of property and is very near Mammoth Cave (it is just outside Cave City, KY)...Tsingtao, Kip

 

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I just drove a portion of Route 66. I visited the Wigwam in Rialto,

CA and stayed a night at the one in Holbrook, AZ. I've long been

enchanted with these novelty motels. Since I was heading toward

Washington D.C. I thought I'd also arrange to stay at the only other

remaining motel, Wigwam #2 in Cave City, KY.

 

Having just arrived home, I thought I'd share something I learned

during my stay. Though it's not on Route 66, there may be someone on

this list who would be interested to know that the 15-unit Wigwam #2

is for sale. Other than a general price range of $400-500K I don't

know much about it. Seems after three years of operating the motel

the owners are ready to get out of the business. Apparently they

bought Wigwam #2 never having operated a motel before and have found

that it's not for them.

 

Any how, I thought someone here might like to know.

 

http://www.wigwamvillage.com/

 

Cheers, Travis

 

 

Thanks, Kip...most folks on this list should be initiated with the Wigwam Village Motel - we had a "Dixie Highway" Cruise back in April and used the Wigwam Village as our "home base" for the weekend.

 

I do hope they find a suitable owner for it, who will take care of it and not let it go downhill. The owner before them did a lot of work to clean it up (the buildings themselves as well as the clientèle) - so it would be a shame for it to go back to that.