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| Postcard circa 1960 - 1978 |
Built
not too long after the adjacent Connecticut Turnpike began serving
traffic, the Milford Motor Lodge started its life in 1959 as a
modest 76 guest room facility. Non-standard, it nevertheless featured
an a-frame Gate Lodge overlooking the Turnpike on its sprawling
hillside site behind the circa 1936 Milford Restaurant.
Below: The large site had come to accommodate additional guest buildings, and by the 1970s a standardized three story guest building and new lobby had been constructed to handle ever increased business. |
| Photograph courtesy of Bob Venditti |
| Photographs October 2000 |
The
Howard Johnson Company introduced the a-frame Gate Lodge at the
end of 1957 with the announcement of groundbreaking for the New
Castle, Delaware Motor Lodge. Where New Castle's was a standard
design (albeit early and "squat"), Milford's was unique
and never replicated. While Milford's originally served as the
property's office, it was replaced by a new lobby and eventually
came to be called the Coach House featuring special guest facilities. |
| Photographs courtesy of Phil Edwards |
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