Photograph 2000s: Bob Venditti
 
Bordentown, New Jersey -- 187 US 130 & 206
AKA Trenton

The Howard Johnson's Restaurant in Bordentown was among the first to have been opened in New Jersey and was built in the Colonial style. Its adjacent Motor Lodge was opened in about 1962 and lasted as a Howard Johnson's until 1984.

With 60 guest rooms, the once classically configured property was significantly altered and was rebranded as an Econo Lodge.
 
Photographs June 2010: Phil Edwards
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Photograph 2000s: Bob Venditti
 
 
Photographs June 2010: Phil Edwards
 
 

Unfortunately the former HoJo's Motor Lodge became heavily stuccoed and lost its sliders.

However its guest rooms appear to have been appropriately modernized to satisfy the budget traveler and certainly seem better than many of the Econo Lodge facilities witnessed over the last few years.

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Photograph 2000s: Bob Venditti
 

Open by 1939, the Bordentown Restaurant survived until the early 1980s. It subsequently became a much altered Ground Round during the Howard Johnson Company's bid to increase its profits. After various ownership changes Ground Round became bankrupt resulting in the closure of many of its locations including Bordentown.

Above: Bordentown as a Ground Round

Below & Lower: Less recognizable as Chickies & Pete's
 
Photographs June 2010: Phil Edwards
 
 
 
 
 
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