Photographs August 1999

The roof-logo HJ street sign at Front Royal dated from the 1970s. The roof logo signs with only HJ and not Howard Johnson's spelled out were relatively uncommon. Upon the site's opening there would have been a Trapezoid sign that was more than likely topped with a neon Simple Simon and the Pieman. Note that the location did not offer an overflow dining room. Thus there was never a Lamplighter Room at Front Royal.

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Photographs 2001 & 2001: Courtesy of Kenneth Kummerlowe

Showing the symptoms of deferred maintenance, the Restaurant's owners had ceased repairing the HJ sign and significant chunks were rapidly chipping away.