Candlelight Motel

Candlelight Motel is a small, independently owned motel on South 14th Street in Leesburg, part of the same stretch of budget, motor court style properties that have served this corridor for decades. Directory records describe a cash only front desk, free lot parking, and a wheelchair accessible layout, details that paint a picture of a basic, no frills operation built for travelers who need a straightforward room rather than a resort experience. Like several of its neighbors on 14th Street, this is not a property with a national reservations system behind it. It is the kind of family run motel that has quietly kept its doors open while newer, branded hotels went up along the highway.

Leesburg’s location at the center of the Harris Chain of Lakes has long supported this kind of lodging. Anglers heading out to Lake Harris, Lake Griffin, or Lake Eustis, along with travelers passing through on US 441, have relied on inexpensive, independently owned motels like this one rather than paying chain hotel rates for a room they mostly use to sleep before an early morning on the water. The motel’s spot on South 14th Street puts it within a short drive of Venetian Gardens, the city’s public lakefront park on Lake Harris with its swimming area and boat ramp, and close enough to downtown Leesburg’s Main Street shops and restaurants for guests without a car to get by.

A note for anyone planning a stay: public business records show some inconsistency around this property’s current status. The motel’s state corporate registration shows as inactive, which is common for small, family operated motels that continue running as sole proprietorships even after a corporate filing lapses, but it can also happen when a business changes hands or winds down. Its previously listed website domain no longer hosts an active motel site and instead shows as available for purchase, which suggests the property either never maintained much of a web presence or let its old site lapse. Directory listings from Yellow Pages and Superpages both still show Candlelight Motel as an active, operating business with a working phone number, and the listed address checks out as inside Leesburg city limits, but travelers should call ahead directly before making plans, rather than relying on an old web listing, to confirm the motel is currently taking guests and to ask about current nightly rates.

For budget travelers who prefer to support small, independently owned lodging over a chain, and who do not mind a cash only, basic motel room, Candlelight Motel is worth a phone call. Treat the online information about this particular property as a starting point rather than the final word, and confirm details directly with the motel before making the trip.