Pierce Pennant Motor Hotel, Columbia, MO
**Pierce Pennant Motor Hotel** - National Register of Historic Places Ref # 82003125, date listed 1982-09-02
1406 Old US 40W
Columbia, MO (Boone County)
The Pierce Pennant Motor Hotel (1929) complex is a significant surviving example of a early hotel built in specific response to the automobile age, and is a good example of the Colonial Revival architectural style. Another area of significance is its association with the training of female aviators during World War II.
The Pennant complex, consisting of the terminal building, the hotel-garage and the service station, was intended by the Pierce con:pany to be one of the first of a string of such facilities to be located every 125 miles between New·York and San Francisco. When most motels were merely groups of cabins on busy highways outside of towns and cities, the Pierce cogipany aimed to provide in its facilities the ultimate in comfort and service.
During World War II Stephens College conducted a training program for women aviators and ground personnel, using the Pennant buildings and the runways and the hangar of the nearby Columbia municipal airport. It has been estimated that as of 1955, approximately ten percent of the nation's women aviators had received their training at Stephens College.
Presently the Pennant complex is operated by Candle Light Lodge, Inc. as one of Columbia's most popular and successful retirement centers. (1)
References (1) NRHP Nomination Form dnr.mo.gov/shpo/nps-nr/82003125.pdf
Pierce Pennant Motor Hotel, Columbia, MO
**Pierce Pennant Motor Hotel** - National Register of Historic Places Ref # 82003125, date listed 1982-09-02
1406 Old US 40W
Columbia, MO (Boone County)
The Pierce Pennant Motor Hotel (1929) complex is a significant surviving example of a early hotel built in specific response to the automobile age, and is a good example of the Colonial Revival architectural style. Another area of significance is its association with the training of female aviators during World War II.
The Pennant complex, consisting of the terminal building, the hotel-garage and the service station, was intended by the Pierce con:pany to be one of the first of a string of such facilities to be located every 125 miles between New·York and San Francisco. When most motels were merely groups of cabins on busy highways outside of towns and cities, the Pierce cogipany aimed to provide in its facilities the ultimate in comfort and service.
During World War II Stephens College conducted a training program for women aviators and ground personnel, using the Pennant buildings and the runways and the hangar of the nearby Columbia municipal airport. It has been estimated that as of 1955, approximately ten percent of the nation's women aviators had received their training at Stephens College.
Presently the Pennant complex is operated by Candle Light Lodge, Inc. as one of Columbia's most popular and successful retirement centers. (1)
References (1) NRHP Nomination Form dnr.mo.gov/shpo/nps-nr/82003125.pdf