auto court
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The auto court, which opened in 1937, fell into disrepair when motorists started to abandon the Mother Road for the national highway system.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 11, 2019
Early in "Travels" Steinbeck bunks at an auto court in Maine and rages against the sterility of it.
From Salon ● Jul. 6, 2018
In 1940, stirred by their autumnal romance, they stole out of Granite Falls, drove west to a Las Vegas auto court, won Nevada divorces.
From Time Magazine Archive
The houses are built in clusters of four sharing a single driveway and auto court and are designed to be inconspicuous: all exterior walls must mimic the brown and ocher tones of desert soil.
From Time Magazine Archive
Not far outside of Bangor I stopped at an auto court and rented a room.
From "Travels with Charley in Search of America" by John Steinbeck
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