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Alpine Motel & Restaurant, Burkesville, Kentucky

Undated post card found at an estate sale. J & R Tinge Collection.

 

The Alpine Motel is still business in 2018. A swimming pool is on the side of the building, presently. The roof top sign is also still in place but may be a newer one.

 

Alpine Motel

700 Hill Street (2276)

Burkesville, Kentucky

USA

 

www.alpinemotel.com

 

Alpine's History

From a paper insert issued in 1953 introducing the new Alpine Mountain View Motel:

 

Alpine Lodge

 

Visit Kentucky's Newest – Finest Tourist Mecca

AAA AFFILIATED

Turn The Key To Friendly Hospitality And Luxurious Lodging

 

 

MAKE THE ALPINE MOTEL

BURKESVILLE, KENTUCKY

Your Stop Enroute From Mammoth Cave To

The Great Smokies Or Cumberland Falls.

 

The shortest, best and most scenic route with the least traffic from the Great Lakes region to the Gulf and Florida is trough Burkesville, Kentucky.

The Motel is now in full operation with the finest overnight accomodations to be found anywhere – Come to Kentucky for your vacation, where hospitality is a habit as old as Kentucky herself.

 

STANDARD RATES --- DINING SERVICE

 

COMPARE THE PRICES, COMPARE THE FEATURES AND YOU WILL AGREE IT IS THE BEST PLACE IN KENTUCKY TO EAT AND SLEEP. LOCATED BETWEEN THE LAKES.

 

WHETHER FROM NORTH, SOUTH, EAST OR WEST YOU WANT TO STOP AT THE ALPINE MOTEL FOR OVERNIGHT SLEEPING COMFORT AND THE SOUTH'S FINEST FOOD. – YOU MAY HAVE WITHOUT CHARGE A MILLION DOLLAR VIEW OF MOUNTAINS, STREAMS, VALLEYS AND PLATEAUS

 

Conveniently Located Atop “Cumberland Overlook,” Burkesville, Ky., on Kentucky 90 The Park-to-Park Highway Connecting Mammoth Cave and Cumberland Falls, Midway Between Lake Cumberland and Dale Hollow Lake, Famous Fishermen's Paradise.

 

THIS UNIQUE MOTEL IS THE PRIDE OF SOUTHERN KENTUCKY

An Outstanding Tourist's Mecca Reached By A Paved Road 50 Yards Off Highway No. 90 – Adequate Parking Space

 

NEITHER PAINS; NOR EXPENSE HAS BEEN SPARED TO MAKE THE ALPINE MOTEL THE MOST ATTRACTIVE PLACE IN KENTUCKY

 

VISIT THE CIRCULAR CANTILEVERED LOOKOUT TOWER

Affording A Vista of the Beautiful Cumberland Mountains

 

SEE HISTORIC BURIAL PLACE NEAR ALPINE MOTEL

The historic grave of Captain Jack McLain, Co. J, 1st Kentucky Cavalry, whose strange but fulfilled request, that he be buried on top of the highest hill overlooking Burkesville, Kentucky, as that was as near Heaven as he would ever get, is one of the most interesting and dramatic episodes following the Civil War. The grave is located near the Inn.

 

ACCOMODATIONS ARE ELABORATE!

At the ALPINE MOTEL you will find rooms with carpeted floors furnished attractively and comfortably, with Beauty Rest mattresses, foam rubber pillows, ceramic tile baths, showers and fixtures in your favorite colors, plus picture windows flanked by aluminum awning type openings and private screened porches, Beautiful beamed ceilings of Washington fir.

 

AIR-CONDITIONED ROOMS OPTIONAL

ELECTRIC RADIANT HEAT

Thermostatic Controlled, Safe and Convenient.

“TELETALK” CONNECTION IN EVERY UNIT FOR PROMPT SERVICE

Motel is in City Limits, Affording Municipally Owned Water and Sewer Service.

Single and Connecting Rooms, Suites and Apartments With Choice of Tub or Shower

 

TELEVISION IN MAIN DINING ROOM

DINING ROOM IS AIR-CONDITIONED

The Dining Room, under separate roof, is on the ground floor level, with large open fireplace and plenty of picture windows, It is air-conditioned, as is also the Coffee Shoppe and Fountain Bar adjacent to the Dining Room.

ALSO PRIVATE DINING ROOMS AVAILABLE. The food is prepared by a trained chef and is excelled. Everything modern science can furnish for your comfort, Health and enjoyment is available at the ALPINE MOTEL. Cool nights out of the sound of traffic.

 

EXTRA CONVENIENCES

AT THE OFFICE MAY BE FOUND A COMPLETE LINE OF NEEDED ITEMS SUCH AS – MAGAZINES, KODAK FILMS, CARDS, STAMPS, LARGE SELECT LINE OF SOUVENIRS, CANDY, CIGARETTES, ETC.

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Uploaded on October 1, 2018