Amid fears of demolition, neighbors are revisiting the motel’s history. Turns out, there’s a lot of it.
Built in 1955, the motel was expanded to its current form a few years later. Sitting just off U.S. Highway 75, the motel was in a perfect location to cater to a new generation of Americans traveling by car in the post-war period.
Captain Chesley “Sully” Sullenberger, famous for landing an Airbus A320 in the Hudson River in 2009, was one of those who stayed at the Como in its early days. Sullenberger grew up in Denison and his family took frequent trips to Dallas where they stayed at the then-new motel.“We always stayed at the same little roadside one-story motel, a typical ‘50s-era row of rooms right off the freeway: the Como Motel,” Sullenberger wrote in his 2009 memoir.
The motel quickly became part of the local community, too. Sherritt, 39, recalls her father-in-law, who grew up in Richardson, sharing memories of playing Little League Baseball against local teams sponsored by the Como Motel.. José Sánchez Córdova is from Guaynabo, Puerto Rico and a rising senior at the University of Notre Dame. He is majoring in political science with minors in journalism and French.
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