Postcard ca. 1970s: Phil Edwards
Portland, Maine
 -- 155 Riverside St
 

Set to open in 1970, Portland was the second Motor Lodge and Restaurant complex to operate in Maine. It featured not only a traditional Orange Roof HoJo's but also came to offer a convention facility and upscale Red Coach Grill. 

Exceptionally long-lived, the Motor Lodge retained its Howard Johnson brand into the late 2000s.
 
 
Postcard ca. 1970s: Kummerlowe Archive
 
 
 
 
Photos ca. 1997: Nate Coggeshall-Beyea
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Photo April 2004: Bob Venditti
 
Converted into probably a couple of eateries, during Nate's 1997 visit the former HJ Restaurant was operating as the Exit 8 Diner and remained largely intact. However by the early 2000s the site had been completely redone into a Friendly's rendering it less recognizable.
 
Photo 2002: Phil Edwards
 
 
 
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