Motel Inn

The Apple Farm Inn, located next door, is expanding and incorporating parts of the original hotel that are still standing into additional rooms.

The emergence and popularization of the automobile in the United States of the early 20th century inspired many car owners beyond commuting into town.

Longer trips required an overnight stay and often left travelers looking for places to pitch tents – or sleep in their automobile – if prior arrangements hadn't been made in destinations or stopovers that happened to have hotels or inns.

The original plan of the Milestone Mo-Tel was to include both bungalows and attached apartments with parking outside each unit, though some would have a private garage.

[5] The Milestone Interstate Corporation, created by Arthur Heineman and his brother Alfred, was incorporated in an attempt to seek capital from outside investors in order to build a chain of eighteen motor courts at 150–200 mile intervals in response to the growth in automobile travel in California, Oregon, and Washington.