Opened
in 1967, the Lake Charles Complex featured a classic A-frame Gate
Lodge and 'T' type Restaurant. The Motor Lodge retained its HoJo's
status until the early 1990s. Like the Shreveport
Motor Lodge, Lake Charles became a Richmond Inn and Suites
Best Western with both losing their Gate Lodges in 1999.
Unfortunately
the reasonably well-preserved property became bank owned by the
2010s and it future appears bleak. In 2012 the distressed property
was being offered on LoopNet
for $5,495,000.