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Photographs August 11, 1999
 
 

Last of a Kind ... Lexington had the distinction of being the very LAST complete Motor Lodge and Restaurant complex in the Dominion of Virginia. While the Lobby lost its Orange Roof tiles and Beacon, the Restaurant retained its outward HoJo's appearance until the end and even beyond.

Right: Note the post 1996 Cendant Howard Johnson Inn sign combined with FAI's circa 1991 Howard Johnson's restaurant logo -- it is the only one known to have been photographed where the two were together.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

The Restaurant had been remodeled and was not really outfitted with easily recognizable or standard furnishings and fixtures. However it still seemed familiar, and by 1999 there was no mistaking that it was a Howard Johnson's.

Note the mileage spinner above and below on the Dairy Bar. Lucky patrons could check to see how far it was to the next HoJo's!
 
 
 
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