Watonga Main Street, Inc.     --     since 1997
    102 E. Main
     580-623-2200

 

 

 ۩ THE MAIN PAGE

۩ DESIGN SERVICES
Main Street's mission is to serve as a base for design improvements of historic buildings

۩ PROJECTS
     Main Street's Projects
     consist of the
--- Golf Tournament at Roman Nose State Park
--- "Pioneer Days"
--- "Black Dog Night"

۩ TOUR MAIN STREET
Learn the history behind these beautiful buildings.

۩ PROPERTY AVAILABLE
We've Got Room For You!

  News and Information about Watonga's Main Street    by Bob Shoemaker
What's Happening on Main Street
  

July, 2008
Watonga Main Street's Business of the Month

             

   
Watonga Motel

Alvin and Anita Woodruff bought Watonga Motel in 1993 from John and Jane Romine who had just owned it for one year; they bought it from Glen and Marilyn Biggs who had owned it for 6 years.  They bought it from the couple who built the motel in 1983, Paul and Virginia Cudd.

Alvin and Anita are from the Alfalfa area in Caddo County where they bought into the Woodruff dairy farm.  They ran that farm for six years before building a dairy barn on a farm near Oil Center, northwest of Ada which they ran for another six years before exiting the dairy business.

Alvin entering OSU Extension eventually brought them to Watonga and Watonga Motel.

When Paul Cudd built the motel, he already had a good idea of what people wanted in motel rooms because they had owned the Geary Motel.  So he built 12 extra large rooms with a separate entry way so people can sit at a table and look through the big pane glass window. Virginia said that Paul liked to have mirrors for his guests, so besides a mirror over the desk and a big mirror over the vanity, there is also mirrored shower doors.  A couple of years after they built the motel, Virginia's mother came to live with them, so Paul built the little unit that sits beside the house. People who have stayed here for years, still refer to it as the 'mother-in-law' room.  It is the most requested room because it sits by itself.

Running a motel is very interesting work; you could write a book about the people you meet and what they did or said or the stories they told.  Besides listening to guest, Anita is happy that she got to visit with Virginia and Marilyn and Jane about their experiences at Watonga Motel and what they learned about working with travelers.

Alvin and Anita enjoy working on the rooms designing them to feel like home with pillow-top mattresses, flat-screen 27" tv's.  They know that it is important to travelers to stay in a room that is fresh and clean and pretty.

In 2005, the Red Barn Miniature Golf Course was built on the property south of Watonga Motel.  Since they had to tear down the big red barn that served Watonga as a bar and a restaurant for so many years, they named the course, 'Red Barn'.  It is a difficult course, so it is fun for old and young alike. It is open to the public for a cost of $3 to play 18 holes.

In 2006, Watonga Motel bought the Coach Inn, adding 20 more rooms to their existing 13.  Much has been done to these rooms, including new carpet, new beds, new doors, new heat/air units, and a lot of paint and paper.

Alvin and Anita invite anyone to stop by and see their rooms.

 

 

                                                                                       
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