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Old No. 6: Old No. 6: April 2, 1973 (#73002272) January 30, 1974: SR 20: Newhalem: Listed in 1973 without approval by the Washington State Review Board. They determined it was ineligible for listing, and requested removal. Now a contributing object of the Skagit River and Newhalen Creek Hydroelectric Projects historic district. [10]
Howard Johnson by Wyndham, [7] still commonly referred to as Howard Johnson's, is an American hotel brand with over 200 hotels in 15 countries. [6] It was also formerly a restaurant chain, which at one time was the largest in the U.S., with more than 1,000 locations.
Originally a small bar named The Outrigger, it was expanded into a full restaurant in 1954 and renamed Trader Vic's in 1960. [4] Due to the restaurant's success, Bergeron worked with Western Hotels to open Trader Vic's locations in a number of its hotels. In 1955, Western Hotels assumed management of the landmark Olympic Hotel in Seattle.
That same year, the 338-room Pullman Shanghai South opened, making it the 15th Pullman property in China, and the 45th in Asia-Pacific. [14] In 2015, the Sofitel Miami Airport was turned into a Pullman hotel, the first Pullman property in North America. By the end of 2015, 95 Pullman locations were opened. [15]
The number of Captain D's restaurants would quadruple over the following decade. [25] Danner Foods also opened Mr. D's Islander Restaurant in Huntsville, Alabama, which offered gourmet dining including seafood, steaks and Cantonese cuisine. [26] By 1971, Danner's company had become the second largest Shoney's franchisee by number of units. [27]
The chain has purchased several historic buildings for renovation as hotels. [12] [13] Historic buildings that the chain has renovated into hotels include the Union Market in St. Louis (originally built in 1925), [14] the former Cleveland Board of Education building in Cleveland (originally built in 1931) [15] the former City Public Service Building (originally built in 1921) [16] and the ...
Another temporary wooden structure, it was the world's largest hotel with 2,257 rooms. A grand success, the hotel made Statler a net profit of $361,000 and laid the groundwork for his first permanent hotel. The hotel was then dismantled and sold for scrap. The Inside Inn was near the edge of Forest Park in St. Louis, now traversed by Highway 64/40.
The original Holiday Inn Express properties are considered two-star hotels or no-frills hotels with rooms comparable in quality to those of three-star hotel, but there would be no room service, restaurant, bar, swimming pool, health club, conference and meeting facilities nor other on-site amenities, offering only a continental breakfast and an ...