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Photographs March 2003: Courtesy of Phil Edwards
 
Columbia-North, SC -- 1201 Bush River Rd (200 Zimalcrest Rd) @ I-26 & I-20
 
Opened in the spring of 1966, Columbia-North was the second Motor Lodge and Restaurant complex in the Columbia area. Initially featuring 64 guest rooms, it was a classically configured layout. Long-lived, the Motor Lodge maintained the Howard Johnson name and even its squared off Gate Lodge as recently as 2006, but by May of '06 it was no longer listed on hojo.com.
 
 
 
 
 
 
Photographs 2002: Courtesy of Kevin Cannon
 
 
 
 
 
 
Photograph March 2003: Courtesy of Phil Edwards
 
 
 
 
Even as it hung on the the Howard Johnson Name for forty years, its guest buildings endured unsightly modifications--stucco, and slider eradication being a couple of the worst offenses.
Photograph 2002: Courtesy of Kevin Cannon
 
 
Photograph November 2002: Courtesy of Bob Venditti
 
 
Photograph 2002: Courtesy of Kevin Cannon
 
 
 
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