Margaret Hangan, chairwoman of the Historic Preservation Commission for the City of Williams, Arizona, announced a lighting ceremony scheduled for 7:15 p.m. local time on May 1 for three historic neon signs along the city’s Route 66 corridor.
The neon signs that were restored belong to the Turquoise Teepee, Canyon Club, and the World Famous Sultana Bar.
The ceremony will center at the Canyon Club at 126 W. Route 66.
Last year, three grants totaling $35,000 were received from the Historic Route 66 Association of Arizona and the Preserve Route 66 Legacy Business Grant Fund via the National Trust for Historic Preservation for the signs.
More about the Williams sign projects can be found here.
According to Route 66 Times, the Turquoise Teepee dates back to the 1970s and is located 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)