Added on to several times, the complex's last guest room building faces a rear street and can only be accessed by driving around the property on a side street. The Bernert's were in for a rare treat when they visited Newport-Middletown in 2005, for they were put-up in the last guest building that was built. It retained nearly every interior improvement that had been made during the Howard Johnson Company's last standardized upgrade. In fact all of the furniture that is shown in these first three room photographs had been purchased directly out of the 1985 Landmark Supply catalog (Landmark Supply was a division of Howard Johnson's that was created in the 1960s).

Note that the padded headboards, chairs, end table, bench, desk, and even light fixtures are all original standardized furnishings! The only major non-HJ change made to the room was the installation of new counters and sinks in the bathroom--remarkably the second vanity was also retained.

Seen above is a second floor double room that was in Newport-Middletown's third guest wing to have been added. Later another building was built perpendicular to it (where the unaltered rooms were still found in 2005). Due to the sloping site, guests had to drive around the property in order to reach the newer wings, or walk through the connecting buildings. Note that owners of the HoJo's have opened an unsightly Hampton Inn immediately adjacent to the old Motor Lodge.