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circa 1960s: Kummerlowe Archive |
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| Photos July 2003: Bob Venditti
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| Ramsey,
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1255 Route 17 South |
Opened
in about 1961, Ramsey by 2003 was in rough shape according
to Bob Venditti. He also noted that the clientele was not
at all upscale, and observed what could have been an episode
of COPS unfold while he was a guest there!
The
Motor Lodge was one of the nearly dozen in the Garden State
which had been a Prime Motor Inns property, but it apparently
was not retained following Prime's 1990 bankruptcy reorganization
and was never converted into a Wellesley Inn, and remained
branded as a Howard Johnson--one of the last original Howard
Johnson's.
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Left:
Ramsey was the last HoJo Motor Lodge in New Jersey with a
Lamplighter Weathervane--by latter 2000s it had been removed
... none anywhere continue to fly the Lamplighter |
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| Postcard
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It's
just too bad that the property was not maintained, for the guest
wings appeared to be very original looking--especially the sliders
with their "National Airlinesish" splats.
Bob noted that unlike the exterior, the room was adequate, and
contained a surprise. Seen in his shot below "the room beams
and vaulted ceiling continued through the bathroom."
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Above,
Right & Below: Bob remarked that
"the Gate Lodge has been so extensively annexed,
it's almost a miracle the original roof line and
steeple/weather vane have survived in ANY form,
peeking out from among the modifications." |
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| Photograph 2010: Phil Edwards |
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