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| Postcards
circa 1960s: Kummerlowe Archive |
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Milford,
Connecticut --
Wheelers Farm Road
AKA Merritt-Cross Parkway |
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Attesting
to Howard Johnson's primacy as a provider of hospitality along
the Nation's highways, the Milford or Merritt-Cross Parkway
Motor Lodge and Restaurant opened in 1959 along one of the
least commercial of roadways. |
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Since
the Merritt
ends at the Housatonic River, the HoJo's was technically sited
along the beginning of the Wilbur
Cross Parkway,
which was an extension of the Merritt. Both were really one
continuous highway which has been renowned for a park like
setting devoid of nearly all commercial intrusion. Save for
perhaps a glimpse of the Gleaming Orange Roofs of Milford's
HoJo's, little roadside commercial activity could have been
spotted from the Parkway. |
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| Brochure
circa 1960s: Tim & Tom Bernert |
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The
Motor Lodge itself consisted of 64 guest rooms in a
completely non-standard back-to-back arrangement in
the site's three guest buildings. Since it was built
prior to the Howard Johnson Company's adoption of strict
Motor Lodge design, it was a "one-off" affair
not unlike like its unique sibling in Milford
along the Connecticut Turnpike. Remarkable the complex
retained the Howard Johnson's name until 1982 and remained
standing until at least the later 1990s. By 2000 the
site had been demolished. |
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