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Photographs March 2003
 
Lamplighter

Having been squared off, decapitated and boxed in, the Gate Lodge was well disguised.

Right: The broken Lamplighter weathervane was likely once on Treasure Island's Gate Lodge. By the 2000s, it had been mounted on the roof of Rex B. Husky's nearby carwash. Mr. Husky once managed the Treasure Island Motor Lodge along with the newer location in St. Pete Beach.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Above: Wonderfully convenient and affordable, even as a Best Western, the Former Motor Lodge held a highly visible parcel of ground across from Treasure Islands public beach.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Above: Although the Gate Lodge served as the Motor Lodge's lobby, the 3-story guest building had its own lobby of sorts. It featured a vending area on the first level and activities room on the second
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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