No vacancy

While looking through photos on my tablet, I found this one from a couple of years back that I never found a use for, but I still like the poignancy and Americana feel of it.

This is on US Highway 30 on the outskirts of Fremont, Nebraska, one of my regular fishing destinations. I don't know when the motel was built (my guess would be the early to mid-1950s) or when it went out of business, but I know a bit about its final days: the building was condemned in 2014, used for a training exercise by a local fire department, and finally burned to the ground, leaving only the sign to stand witness to its existence.



[Related article: the disappearing Vacancy/No Vacancy sign.]