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Lobby
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Huntsville,
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2524 Memorial Parkway |
Huntsville's
Howard Johnson's was a popular local landmark built as a
classic Motor Lodge and Restaurant complex, and was opened
in 1965. The Motor Lodge offered guests the choice of 80
standardized rooms, and the location originally featured
an A-frame Gate Lodge. The property remained a Howard Johnson's
until sometime during 1987.
Following
its HJ days the Motor Lodge in its last life became the
unbranded Alabama Inn. After years of neglect the entire
site was razed by the middle 2000s.
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Photograph
August, 2002: Phil Edwards |
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Lobby
card circa 1970s: Dan Donahue |
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Photographs
August, 2002: Phil Edwards |
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Photograph
August, 2002: Phil Edwards |
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Lobby
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Photographs
August, 2002: Phil Edwards |
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The
once popular and well patronized Huntsville Howard Johnson's
Restaurant endured a series of tenants following its Orange
Roofed days. During the 1990s it was home to Sai Gon, Seafood
Lovers, El Ranchero, and finally in its last life was Memphis
Blues.
Save
for its concrete slab and parking areas, nothing remained
of Huntsville's Howard Johnson's by the 2010s.
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