Lobby card circa 1970s: Courtesy of Dan Donahue
 
Dallas-East, Texas -- 7201 Ferguson Rd
 
Opened in 1968, Dallas-East was purged from the HoJo's list in the middle 1980s. Having become unbranded its fortunes gradually waned. It operated under various independent banners such as Economy Inn and lastly Fair Park Inn.
 
 

 
 
Photographs August 2002
 
 
 
 
By 2002, the former Howard Johnson's had become a shell. Apparently its owner had determined to rebrand the property as an Econo Lodge, and in the process had gutted the guest buildings extending the rooms eliminating balconies and patios. However work had been halted and the site was finally leveled by the spring of 2004.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 
 
USGS images accessed April 4, 2006: mapblast.com © Microsoft Corp
 
Satellite views taken prior to the location's demolition reveal much about the layout of the former Motor Lodge and Restaurant complex. Interestingly no other motels sprang up at its exit, and this isolation perhaps contributed to the facility's eventual demise.
 
 
 
Photograph March 2004: Courtesy of Phil Edwards