Dreamland Motel on U.S. 20

Here's another vintage mom-and-pop motel on U.S. 20 that's now just a memory: the Dreamland Motel. I took the above photo with my trusty Pentax K1000, probably about the same time that I photographed the Trail's End Motel, (sometime during the 1990s). I believe the motel was still open when I shot my photo.

According to one realty website, the motel was built in 1952.

The Dreamland Motel was east of Norwalk, on the northeast corner of U.S. 20 and Laylin Road. You can see its ghostly "footprint" below. Just like the Trail's End Motel, only the paved portion of the former motel property remains.

Unlike the Trail's End, however, many photographers were able to shoot the Dreamland Motel’s sign before it was demolished, and there are a lot of photos of it online. You can see a nice color version of it (as well as a lot of other great, vintage Ohio signs) on the RoadsideArchitecture.com website by clicking here.

Special thanks to archivist and historian Dennis Lamont for making me aware of the demolition of the Dreamland Motel.