Two grants totaling $35,000 will help restore three neon signs along the Route 66 corridor of Williams, Arizona.
The neon signs that will be restored belong to the Turquoise Teepee, Canyon Club, and the World Famous Sultana Bar — all along that city’s Route 66 corridor.
The Williams News (subscription required) reported that a $25,000 grant from the Historic Route 66 Association of Arizona had been given to the Williams Historic Preservation Commission earlier this month to restore the Canyon Club roofstop sign and the Sultana sign.
A week later, the commission received word of $10,000 from the Preserve Route 66 Legacy Business Grant Fund via the National Trust for Historic Preservation for the Turquoise Teepee sign.
More about the Williams sign restoration project can be found here.
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 Sultana Bar in Williams, Arizona, in 2015 by Scott Blackwell via Flickr)