Postcard circa 1966

 Cleveland-Euclid, Ohio
27861 Euclid Ave

 

This early Motor Lodge/Restaurant complex was opened in about 1961. It was situated on 10 acres along I-90 at U.S. 20. The Motor Lodge consisted of "90 air conditioned guest rooms." In nearly its last guise it may have served as a Ramada Inn before becoming the Envoy Inn (aka Innvoy Inn) where a double murder at the site capped off increasing criminal incidents. Purchased by the city of Euclid in 1998, shortly after the murders for $1.025 million, the entire site was razed to erase the past and to make way for unknown new development.
 
 
 
 

 Photograph July, 2004 courtesy of Phil Edwards