Howard
Johnson's initial presance in Springfield was a stately Colonial-style
Restaurant which opened in about 1941. Its adjacent Motor Lodge
was the Garden State's first and probably opened in 1956.
The
early-type 92 room Motor Lodge lasted as a Howard Johnson's until
sometime in early 1981. It was subsequently unbranded and called
the Spring Garden Inn, and at the same time its Restaurant was remodeled
into a Ground Round. The former complex was likely razed during
the middle to late 1990s and a Sports Authority stands at its former
site.
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