MissPres is on vacation this week, but we’re sending postcards back from Mississippi’s past.
BILL WILL MOTEL and RESTAURANT. U.S. Highway 51 South--Phone 1480--Canton, Mississippi. 100% Air-Conditioned and Central Heat--TV--Telephones in Rooms--Tub & Shower Combination Tiled Baths--Swimming Pool--Children's Playground. Also BILL WILL MOTEL, Highway 80 West, Jackson, Miss. Member Congress of Motor Hotels. American Motor Hotel Association.
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Those tiny windows suggest rooms which must be dark and grim. Is this place still in business?
Posted by Tom Barnes | February 2, 2011, 12:38 pmI’m not sure. I guess the thinking behind those windows is that they’re high enough to keep open for breeze and light while maintaining relative privacy for the occupants?
Posted by ELMalvaney | February 2, 2011, 9:22 pmThat is a good guess!
Posted by Tom Barnes | February 3, 2011, 10:47 amMy uncle built and was part owner of this motel. Duane and Lena Akins (both have passed on to heaven) were the owners and operators of this motel. In later years the motel was used in the filming of “A Time To Kill” , in the jury the jury was sequestered in this motel. For many years this was the only motel in Canton, Mississippi. When I was a child, I would visit my Aunt and Uncle for 2 weeks every summer at the Bill Will Motel, it was fun because they had a swimming pool, that was a big thing in 1960!
Posted by Tim Tario | November 26, 2011, 9:01 pm