Carthage ยท Route 66 / US 71 crossroads
Boots Court
A 1939 Streamline Moderne motel at Route 66 and US 71, with black Carrara glass and green neon; a nonprofit reopened it to overnight guests in 2022.
- Built
- 1939Original building 1939; second building 1946.
- Style
- Streamline Moderne / Art Deco
- Type
- Inn
- Area
- Route 66 / US 71 crossroads
- Credentials
- Listed on the National Register of Historic Places
The story
Arthur and Ilda Boots opened the Boots Court in 1939 at the crossroads of Route 66 and US 71, in a Streamline Moderne style with black Carrara glass and green neon, advertising ‘a radio in every room’ and a carport for each unit. A second building followed in 1946. Private preservationists restored it, and its current owner, the Carthage-based nonprofit Boots Court Foundation, began taking overnight reservations again in July 2022.
Good to know
- Address: 107 S. Garrison Ave., Carthage, MO 64836
Sources (3)
Last verified October 2026. Details change; confirm with the inn before you book.