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Bel Air Motel

Retro roadside
In St. Louis, Missouri
2.6 mi from Route 66
National Register of Historic Places

The Bel Air Motel, also called Bel Air West, stands in St. Louis, MO, in the city's Central West End. Designed by Wilburn C. McCormick in a modern style, it joined the National Register in 2009. After a remodel in 2014 it reopened as a Holiday Inn Express, so the building still takes overnight guests. It sits about 2.6 miles off the old road.

What is Bel Air Motel?

The building is a motel designed in a modern architectural style by Wilburn C. McCormick. Its listing on the National Register recognizes it as a historic building worth keeping.

It did not end up as a ruin or a museum. The owners remodeled it and put it back to work as a Holiday Inn Express, so this is a historic motel where you can still spend the night.

History of Bel Air Motel

The motel has gone by both Bel Air Motel and Bel Air West. Its National Register listing came in 2009. Five years later, in 2014, a remodel turned it into its present chain hotel.

Visiting Bel Air Motel: tips

Look at it from the street or book a room if you want to see more; it is a working hotel, so the public areas belong to guests. A photo stop takes a few minutes.

The Missouri History Museum and the Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis are each about 1.4 miles away. The Museum of Contemporary Religious Art, about 1.3 miles off, closed in 2026.

Practical info

Address: 4630 Lindell Blvd.St. Louis, Missouri
On site & nearby

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Where to eat near Bel Air Motel

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Diner & restaurant
Crown Candy Kitchen
St. Louis, MO · 3.5 mi from Bel Air Motel
An old-fashioned soda fountain and candy shop in Old North St. Louis, known for handmade malts.
Diner & restaurant
Ted Drewes
St. Louis, MO · 4.5 mi from Bel Air Motel
A family-run St. Louis frozen custard stand from 1929, known for concretes served upside down.