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Lobdell Highway (@ I-10) |
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Opened
in about 1974, the Mansard style West location was the third
and last of the Motor Lodges to have opened in the Baton Rouge
area. It remained a HoJo's until 1987. Subsequently the site
was converted into a Shoney's Inn and Shoney's restaurant,
but by the 2000s the former Motor Lodge operated as a Best
Western .
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Mansard Gate Lodge lobby remained recognizable, but the rest
of the property was substantially altered. |
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| Lobby
card ca. 1990s: Donahue collection |
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| Lobby
card ca. 2000s: Kummerlowe |
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| Photographs
June 4. 2003: Scott Greer |
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| Photographs
December 2003: Phil Edwards |
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| Lobby
card ca. 1990s: Donahue collection |
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December 2003: Phil Edwards |
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The
Shoney's restaurant building reportedly replaced the original
HoJo's Mansard in about 1994. During the middle 1990s Shoney's
attempted to renew itself with an updated menu and architecture.
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Below
& Lower: Shoney's having largely failed at its reinvention
efforts has quietly closed most of its outlets including the one
built at the site of the former Baton Rouge-West Howard Johnson's
Restaurant.
Here
are a few more Shoney's
remnants along the I-10/I-12 corridor in Louisiana |
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| Photographs
March 22, 2009: Kummerlowe |
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