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HOWARD JOHNSON'S MOTOR LODGE
RED COACH GILLE - CONVENTION CENTER
PORTLAND, MAINE		 ARCHITECT: J. Glenn Hughes Associates
DEVELOPER: T & L Associates Inc.
BUILDER: Nedia Construction Co.
OPENING MAY, 1974
Ad 1974: Dan Donahue
 
PORTLAND, MAINE
-- 155 Riverside Street

 

A mid-rise, the Portland Motor Lodge was a precursor to modern highway hotels. Although the complex featured an A-frame or "T-layout" Restaurant clad with Orange Porcelain Enamel Roof Tiles, the site never included a Gate Lodge. The property was opened in about 1970 and then significantly upgraded with a Red coach Grill and convention facilities in the middle 1970s.

The Motor Lodge was exceptionally long-lived as a Howard Johnson, for it retained its famous name until nearly the mid 2010s and then was converted into a Ramada Inn.
 
Postcard: Phil Edwards
 
 
1997: Nate Coggeshall-Beyea
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
May 2007 : Phil Edwards
 
Following the 1980s demise of the Howard Johnson Company, Portland's Restaurant became unbranded. Later it became a Friendly's and then in the 2010s an outlet of The Egg & I.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
October 2015 : Nate Coggeshall-Beyea
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
May 2007: Phil Edwards
 
 
1997: Nate Coggeshall-Beyea
 
 
Postcard ca 1970s: Kummerlowe
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