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PENNSYLVANIA

Williams Deluxe Cabins
Exton, PA

Williams Deluxe Cabins were built by Leon Williams in 1937 on the Lincoln Highway. In 1964, the place was renamed the Tudor Motor Inn. In later years, the cabins were joined with single roofs and used as apartments. They are now boarded up and deteriorating. The larger buildings, located in front of the Cabins, were part of an Esso station. They are now used as Ichabod's News, which looks barely open at this point. Despite the National Register listing, this property is now for sale and these buildings probably won't be around much longer.

Modernaire Motel
York, PA

The Modernaire Motel looks to be from the late 1940s. The motel rooms in back might be later additions. Does anyone know more about this place's history?

Lincoln Motor Court
Manns Choice, PA

The Lincoln Motor Court was built in 1945 and has 12 cottages which have been kept as original as possible. It is located on the Lincoln Highway and has been owned and operated by the same family since 1983. It was called the Country Comfort Motel for a time but was changed back to its original name. For more, see these websites: 1 and 2.

Sunset Hill Motel [gone]
Breezewood, PA
The Sunset Hill Motel was built in the 1940s and was one of the earliest motels built in Breezewood when the Pennsylvania Turnpike came to town. The Turnpike also brought the death of this place: when the exit ramp and toll plaza were moved in the 1960s or 1970s, this motel was torn down. Breezewood proclaims itself the "Town of Motels" with big, old neon signs at its Turnpike exits. When I-70 came along, Breezewood also named itself "The Gateway to the South". Today, the town is a dizzying collection of gas stations, fast food and hotel chains with barely a trace of its early roots. For more, see this website.