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LaPlata,
Maryland --
6705 Crain Hwy. (U.S. 301 @ SR 6) |
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Built
in 1959, the LaPlata Motor Lodge joined an adjacent circa 1953
Howard Johnson's Restaurant. Kyle Snyder, who lived in southern
Maryland, recalled that the Motor Lodge lost its Howard Johnson's
name in the early 1980s and became an Econo Lodge while the Restaurant
carried on as a HoJo's until about 1986. |
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| Lobby
Card circa 1970s: Courtesy of Dan Donahue |
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| Photographs
1988: Courtesy of Kyle Snyder |
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Although
difficult to see in the image above, the faint outline of "HJ"
can be seen in the wood planks to the right of the entryway. |
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Simple
Simon and the Pieman logo had been inset at the Restaurant's entrance
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1965
Travel Fair book for children |
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Snyder said that after the Restaurant closed that it sat
vacant for a year or so, and then was reopened as "Country
Kitchen." He added that the building was not remodeled
at all, but "the orange roof and blue steepletop were
both painted red." Moreover, Kyle noted that the Country
Kitchen didn't even bother to remove the interior Lamplighter
Room sign!
Alas
by 1988 the Restaurant had become vacant again--allowing
Mr. Snyder a last chance to see it before its demolition.
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Littered
with debris, LaPlata's Restaurant had seen its last days
Note
the Orange cups on the floor in the photograph above: They were
from Howard Johnson's 1977 "Everything
is a go at HoJo!" |
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LaPlata's
lamplighter Room |
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