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This is the original WRJ location built in the mid-1940s
and likely was in operation shortly after WW II. Located along
Route 5, it served as a "Landmark for Hungry Americans"
until its replacement was built just across the parking lot along
with a Motor Lodge.
In these haunting 1997 photos the building serves
as a sad reminder of how things were--must have been. Alas, since
these images were captured through the lens of Nate Beyea, and
after years of disuse and neglect, its roof caved in collapsing
much of the building, rendering this once mini-grand Howard Johnson's
not much more that a heaping pile of unrecognizable rubble ready
to be hauled off...
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