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Saybrook, Conn. |
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100 Essex Road |
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Records
indicate that the Old Saybrook Restaurant was opened in 1965
and not joined by its adjacent Motor Lodge until 1974.
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Motor Lodge featured a small Mansard Lobby next to the older
Nims-type Restaurant, and along with its all-weather indoor
swimming pool offered 124 rooms in its 3 floors. It remained
a Howard Johnson's until 1990. |
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Brochure
ca. 1970s: Dan Donahue |
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Lobby
card ca. 2000s: kummerlowe Archive |
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After
it lost the Howard Johnson name, the Old Saybrook Motor Lodge
suffered from remodeling which rendered it unappealing and un-HoJo
like in appearance. |
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Photos
ca. 2000s: Phil Edwards |
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Like
the Motor Lodge, the good looks of the Restaurant were lost during
remodelings. Note that one of the original decorative concrete
block "wing" walls was still evident. |
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