| Photographs 2002: Courtesy of Phil Edwards |
Knoxville-North
officially remained a Howard Johnson's until 1997. The location
achieved a modest amount of success over the years which earned
the facility a 6-story guest room addition -- probably in the
late 1970s just in time for Knoxville's 1982 World's Fair. Its
Restaurant became a Denny's in 1990, and was sold in 1998 along
with 62 others to Akinola Olajuwon (Hakeem Olajuwon, former NBA
star, is his brother) of Houston, TX. Lasting about ten years
as a Denny's, the former HoJo's was converted into the Rocky River
Grill. |
| Photographs 2002: Courtesy of Phil Edwards |
The
Motor Lodge served a short stint as a Best Inn and then was repatriated,
but it only lasted from 2001 to 2003 in its second turn as a Howard
Johnson. After that, it became the unbranded Highway Host Inn
& Suites. |
| Photographs summer of 2003: Courtesy of Phil Edwards |
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