The former Milestone Mo-Tel, San Luis Obispo, California, 2005.
Not to be confused with motor inn or motel.
The Motel Inn (originally known as the Milestone Mo-Tel), located in San Luis Obispo, California, United States, was the first "motel" in the world, and the origin of that word, from "Mo-Tel", which is a play on the word "hotel" by combining the words "motor hotel".[1] It opened on December 12, 1925,[2][3] and closed in 1991. The Apple Farm Inn, located next door, is expanding and incorporating parts of the original hotel that are still standing into additional rooms.
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^"Photos from the Vault: Motel Inn in San Luis Obispo, the world's first 'mo-tel'". San Luis Obispo Tribune. December 4, 2014.
^Hellemans, Alexander; Bunch, Bryan (1988). The Timetables of Science. Simon & Schuster. p. 442. ISBN 0671621300.
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