A grant from the Historic Route 66 Association of Arizona to the Williams Association for the Arts may help restore three neon signs along the Route 66 corridor of Williams, Arizona.
The neon signs that will be assessed are the Turquoise Teepee, Canyon Club, and the World Famous Sultana Bar.
The association’s newsletter reported:
Margaret Hangan, of the Williams Association for the Arts, supplied this update. “The assessment is just to evaluate the signs’ current condition and will result in a report outlining the work that needs to be done to conserve and maintain the signs, and fix any safety issues. We are currently evaluating contract bids and hope to award a contract to complete the work soon.” […]
Once the Williams Association for the Arts receives the assessment results, they plan to work with the sign owners to raise the funds to complete the work recommended.
According to Route 66 Times, the Turquoise Teepee dates to the 1970s in the historic Bowden Building.
The Sultana bar dates to shortly after Prohibition ended in 1933, though the “famous” part of its name didn’t come along until the 1940s.
The Canyon Club dates to 1949.
(Image of the Canyon Club neon sign in Williams, Arizona, by Curtis Gregory Perry in 2006 via Flickr)