Original Historic 1940's Neon Sign

Kingman kept one of its 1940s neon signs alive by accident and then on purpose. This one once hung on the Desert Drug store at Third Street and Andy Devine Avenue, and when the store changed hands, the Ronchetti and Henderson families had the foresight to save and store it rather than scrap it. Years later the Graves family paid to have it restored and reinstalled. On a corridor that lost most of its original neon to the interstate bypass and to time, a survivor like this is a small, glowing act of preservation.

What the plaque says

This Original Historic 1940's Neon sign was located on the front of the building that was known as the Desert Drug store, located on corner of 3rd street and Andy Devine., Special thanks goes to Teddy Ronchetti and the Henderson family for having the foresight to save and store the sign until the Graves Family (Elmer and Craig) had it restored and installed by Legacy Signs.

Where it stands

Worth the stop nearby

• Kingman — steps away
  The working hub of Route 66 in Arizona — a railroad town named for a surveyor, Andy Devine's hometown, and the last real stop before the road's two wildest endings.
• Oatman — 22 mi
  A gold camp in the Black Mountains that outlived its mines, now run by wild burros — reached by the wildest switchbacks left on Route 66, and named for a history worth telling straight.
• Hackberry General Store — 23 mi
  Looks like a junkyard, is a shrine — the 1934 store an artist brought back from the dead, and the Route 66 stop that inspired Fillmore in Cars.

More markers nearby

• Old Trails Garage — steps away
• Hotel Brunswick — steps away
• Central Commercial — steps away
• Miner's Mineral Monument — steps away