Likely
opened in 1958 or early '59, the Front Royal Restaurant had
been expertly sited to capture local traffic and especially
tourists headed into Shenandoah
National Park
to take the Skyline Drive. Moreover, once on Skyline Drive
motorists could follow its 105 miles to Rockfish Gap where
the Afton
Restaurant awaited them!
A
Nims-type, Front Royal was among the earliest Restaurants
to employ design elements which were clearly influenced by
the optimism of the "Space Age." Gone were nearly
all references to Colonial embellishment, for they had been
replaced with sleek clean modern lines.
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