The property is very well located in the city of Lovelock, Nevada. Cornell is the primary business street for Lovelock. There are 37 motel rooms plus a large lobby with a wood burning fireplace and registration area and an Owners quarters that is a separate modular home. The property also includes a parking area that is large enough for commercial tractor trailer trucks.The 37 unit Inn was completed in the spring of 1949. The 16,000 sq. ft. ranch--style building is surrounded by a sixand#8208;foot porch. The property was designed by Paul Williams, the andquot;designer for the starsandquot;; see more information on Paul Williams below. In 1948/1949 it was the ultimate design and model for a motel in the desert. It is constructed of native Nevada stone, pink in coloring, mined near Carson City. The special thick tile in the bathrooms looks as good today as it did the day it was installed over 60 years ago. The building cost $260,000 to construct in 1949 and spared no expenses, even installing copper pipes though out. The knotty pine, rock maple and rustic wormwood used for the interior were transported by rail from Oregon. The bricks for the building were all fired on the property, while the rocks in the fireplace were from the Humboldt River.How did it happen that Paul Williams designed the Lovelock Inn? The property was originally built by a member of the E. L. Cord family. The Cord Corporation founded by E. L. Cord (1894and#8208;1974) founded a company that produced the Cord Automobile along with the Auburn and Duesenberg Automobiles in Indiana.
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