Blue Swallow Motel, Tucumcari, New Mexico Postcard

"Blue Swallow Motel, Tucumcari, New Mexico, Route 66" by Catherine Sherman. A 1950s vintage automobile at the lobby entrance greets travelers at the Blue Swallow Motel in Tucumcari, New Mexico, on Route 66. The Blue Swallow Motel has been serving travelers along the Route 66, the Mother Road, since 1939. The motel is a 12-unit L-shaped motel listed on the National Register of Historic Places in New Mexico as a part of historic U.S. Route 66. Original architectural features included a façade with pink stucco walls decorated with shell designs and a stepped parapet, on-site office and manager's residence and garages located between the sleeping units for travelers to park their cars.