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Postcard circa 1960s (detail)
 
 
Brochure circa 1980s: Courtesy of Dan Donahue
 
 
Photograph 1997: Courtesy of Bob Venditti
 

Bob Venditti visited Middletown's Howard Johnson's Motor Lodge for the last time in late 2004. He wrote, "This property still appears to be a well-run operation. My two visits here in the 90's were very good. Although I don't care much for the remod...and they covered over all that nice brick...it could have been much worse..."

Note the guest wing behind the swimming pool in Bob's 1997 photo above. It was added in the late 1960s or early '70s to bump Middletowns' guest room count to 82.
 
Photograph Novemeber, 2004: Courtesy of Bob Venditti
 
 
 
 
Photographs 1997: Courtesy of Bob Venditti
 
 
 
 

Even as recently as the late 1990s, Middeltown was still a complete Howard Johnson's! Mr. Venditti's 1997 shots show it altered, but still in full Orange Roof splendor!

A little more than a year after he took these terrific photographs of the Restaurant, it was demolished and replaced with an Outback Steakhouse.
 
 
The Lamplighter Room circa 1980s: Courtesy of Dan Donahue
 
 
Photograph 1997: Courtesy of Bob Venditti
 
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