Also
known as Rocky Mount or Battleboro, Gold Rock was the last authentic
Howard Johnson's Motor Lodge complex built and opened in the Tar
Heel State. It began serving Hungry and Sleepy Americans near
the end of HoJo's reign of roadside hospitality greatness--in
December of 1979. The 87 room property featured a connected Mansard
Lobby and Restaurant.
Remarkably
the property retained its Orange Mansard and Howard Johnson brand
into the late 2000s.