Howard Johnson's - A-Frame Gate Lodge - St. Augustine, FL
N 29° 55.190 W 081° 24.905
17R E 459934 N 3309974
This former Howard Johnson's St. Augustine-West Gate Lodge is located at 2550 State Rd. 16 in St. Augustine, Florida, USA.
Waymark Code: WM52FV
Location: Florida, United States
Date Posted: 10/31/2008
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From the
Howard Johnson's website for this Gate Lodge:
St. Augustine-West was set to open in early 1969. With its Gate Lodge and Restaurant, it was a classically configured complex that included an adjacent Texaco service station.
Like Holiday Inn and its arrangement with the Gulf Oil Corporation, Howard Johnson's aligned itself with Texaco. In both cases the lodging concerns built the service stations that were adjacent to the Inns and Lodges. There were mutual benefits, and patrons could use their oil company credit cards for lodging and sometimes meals. At the time, it was very innovative! While all of the brand names still exist, Holiday Inn, Howard Johnson, Gulf, and Texaco are now all quite different entities.
This former Howard Johnson's is now a Super 8 Motel.