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note that locations listed are from Horne's directories and
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Right:
Interestingly the restaurant lured away
a Howard Johnson's manager and proudly
advertised it in the local newspaper! |
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| Aberdeen
-- U.S. 1 |
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| Opened
in 1962, the Aberdeen location reportedly
no longer stands. |
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2003: Christen Christian |
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| Wilmington |
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U.S. 17 |
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Dating
from the 1960s, Wilmington's Horne's was built along
a now bypassed section of U. S. 17. Just across the
Cape Fear River from Wilmington proper, the site was
near Bellville and may have been listed as 'Leland'
in some early Horne's directories.
Prior
to U.S. 17's four-lane realignment and new bridge across
the river, the Horne's and its neighboring roadside
businesses were located in an ideal site catering to
the many travelers passing through the area. However
after the new section of roadway was opened, they were
bypassed and relegated to a dead end. Nonetheless for
a number of years the former Horne's operated successfully
as the Cookery. But by the middle 2000s it too had closed.
Remarkable the site was "cleaned up" and used
as the setting for an Old
Navy Commercial! |
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Left:
Captured by Stefani
Greene after it had been cleaned up, the former
Horne's sign recycled by the Cookery still stood. |
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Below:
Incredibly intact, the Circus Grill retained its colorful
panels, awning, and even one of its fanciful clown decorations!
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| Photos
2000s: Phil Edwards |
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Charlotte
-- address unknown |
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A
modern 1960s location with steeply pitched roof, the building
seen here might be the one at Charlotte's
motor lodge. |
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10-2006: Robby Delius |
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Pleasant
Hill -- U.S. 301 |
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Bricked
in by the 2000s, the former Horne's probably built in the
early 1950s was replaced by the modern circa 1960s Roanoke
Rapids-Weldon motor lodge and restaurant complex that
was opened along I-95 not long after U.S. 301 was bypassed.
However the site might have lingered on even after I-95
was opened and could have been renamed "Weldon." |
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