New London

Postcard circa 1950s: Courtesy of Dan Donahue

New London, Connecticut -- 929 Bank Street

New London was a "Hillside-type" pre-War location opened in about 1940. During the late 1940s it was franchised to John S. Saxton who also held an interest in the Branford Heights Restaurant. Incredibly New London was an Orange Roofed Howard Johnson's for nearly 45 years!

Postcard postmarked 1965

Photographs May 2002

Photograph courtesy of Phil Edwards

Remodeled in the 1970s while still a HoJo's, New London lost much of its neo-colonial flavour with the exchange of cupolas to a Beacon as well as the removal of the front dormers.

Photograph May 2002