Log Cabin Camp in Gallup, New Mexico, Postcards
According to Russ Olsen in his book Route 66 Lost & Found, Tony and Francis Leone opened the Log Cabin Camp in 1937 after constructing six individual log cabins and an office building. Each log cabin had a kitchenette for convenience and a fireplace for comfort. The kitchenettes were eventually removed because they took too long to clean between guest visits and additional beds were added to each cabin. In the 1940s and 1950s two two-room log cabins and then a more conventional linear auto court structure with a stucco exterior were added to the property. From the 1960s through the 1990s the Log Cabin Lodge passed through multiple owners until it closed in the mid-1990s. It remained vacant for another ten years or so until it was razed in 2004. Here are four different postcard images that show the evolution of the Log Cabin Lodge in Gallup, New Mexico:
This is an early sepia-toned postcard when it was named the Log Cabin Camp.
This is a later sepia-toned postcard after it became the Log
Cabin Lodge which shows the new auto court structure on the left.
This is an early photo-chrome postcard of the Log Cabin Lodge.
This is a photo-chrome postcard of the last arrangement of the Log Cabin Lodge.
The sign has been modernized and includes a large vertical MOTEL sign.
Here are five different matchcovers from the Log Cabin Lodge in Gallup, New Mexico:
