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Photographs March 2003: Courtesy of Bob Venditti
 
 

Highly touted because of its proximity to Bradley International Airport and generally convenient location between Springfield, Mass. and Hartford, Conn., the Windsor Locks Motor Lodge remained a Howard Johnson's until 1991. Immediately after relinquishing the HJ name the property became the unbranded Windsor Court Hotel. By the early 2000s, the location no longer had a highway sign and was in a state of flux.

Although the site featured excellent southbound visibility along I-91, northbound access was awkward and became more difficult after the S. Center Street exit ramp was closed.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Photographs September 4, 2006
 

Re-clad in turquoise colored metal roofing material, by 2006 the facade at Windsor Locks had been rendered less interesting than its original configuration.

Above: Only one of the two original entry canopies survived

Below: The Restaurant facility was originally dominated by a Red Coach Grill/Tally Ho Lounge and small scale but standard HoJo's Restaurant in about the spot which Club 91 had come to occupy.
 
 
 
 

Having amazingly survived for more than thirty years in reasonably good condition (perhaps due to its relative isolation from criminal elements that often inhabit lodging facilities that have been passed by), Windsor Locks had reclaimed the Howard Johnson name by the middle 2000s. Its towering highway sign was refaced, and modest enhancements were made to the property.

It will be a hard road for the resurrected HoJo's at Windsor Locks since it was partially cut off from easy access to and from I-91.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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