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1499 Silas Deane Highway |
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Opened
in early 1966, the Rocky Hill complex featured a classic Motor
Lodge and Restaurant layout but was somewhat awkwardly sited.
The Motor Lodge was listed as a Howard Johnson's until 1985,
and then reappeared as a HoJo's from 1991 to 1994. In its
final directory listing it was said to have offered 127 rooms
with 40 set up for long term stays. |
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Left:
By the late 1990s, Rocky Hill's Gate Lodge and one of its
guest buildings had been demolished along with its nearby
Restaurant. Set closer to Silas Deane Highway than the Lodge,
the restaurant's site came to be occupied by an On
the Border
and a Dakota
Steakhouse. |
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ca 1970s: Dan Donahue |
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August 31, 2004: Kummerlowe Archive |
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2006
Internet records indicated that the remains of the Motor Lodge
became the Great Meadow Inn which only offered 15 rooms.
DO NOT CONFUSE
the Howard Johnson Express Inn at 1760 Silas Deane Hwy. with
the original Howard Johnson's that immediately faced I-91.
That HoJo's Express Inn was converted from an existing motel
called the Highway Travelers Motor Lodge (HELLO IT'S
A FAKE), and is down and across from where the authentic
HoJo's was located.
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Right:
The recycled Howard Johnson's highway sign included advertisement
for the nearby but closed Rocky
Hill Ames Store.
For more information about Ames, please visit: www.amesfanclub.com.
Note that a Kohl's
is now sited in the vacinity. |
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Below:
Re-branded and cupolafied, the former and shrunken Howard
Johnson's Motor Lodge was operating as a Super 8 Motel in
2009. |
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May 8, 2009: Kummerlowe Archive |
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