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Highlighting what became of various HoJo's Restaurants HOJO GHOSTS-PAGE 1 HOJO GHOSTS-PAGE 2 HOJO GHOSTS-PAGE 3
HoJo Ghost: Medford, Long Island Exit 64 off the "L.I.E." (LIE=Long Island Expressway) Restaurant now "IHOP" Photo courtesy of: Steven LJ Russo (Used with Permission)
HoJo Ghost: Hyde Park, New York (Route 9) Originally part of the Roosevelt Estate. (FDR Mansion across the street) Became an HJ Ice Cream Shop in the mid-1940's. Restaurant now: "Hyde Park Brewing Company" Picture of Simple Simon and The Pie Man in the entrance floor. Photo courtesy of: Steven LJ Russo (Used with Permission)
HoJo Ghost: Groton, CT (Route 1) Restaurant was later a "Ground Round" but is now closed. Photo courtesy of: Charles Hampshire (Used with Permission)
HoJo Ghost: Saugerties, NY (Home of 1994 Woodstock Festival) Future use unknown. Photo courtesy of: Chip Chapin (Used with Permission).
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HoJo Ghost: Concord, NH Restaurant now demolished. Photo courtesy of: Lawrence A. Cultrera (Used with Permission) Copyright, 2005. HoJoLand.com
HoJo Ghost: Old Saybrook, Connecticut Restaurant now an unnamed restaurant in hotel Photo courtesy of: Charles Hampshire (Used with Permission)
HoJo Ghost: Bourne, Massachusetts Photo courtesy of: Lawrence A. Cultrera (Used with Permission)
HoJo Ghost: Harrisonburg, Virginia Restaurant is empty. Photo courtesy of : Jack Sheppard (Used With Permission)
HoJo Ghost: Guilford, Connecticut (Rt.1) Later a Japanese Steak House, then SeaBreeze Seafood Restaurant when pic was taken in mid-2001) Restaurant now vacant. Photo by: HoJoLand.com
HoJo Ghost: Harrisburg, Pennsylvania Restaurant now "Jade Buffet" Photo courtesy of: Jack Sheppard (Used with Permission)
HoJo Ghost: Reading, Pennysylvania (Exit 21) Restaurant now "Black Horse Restaurant/Bar" Photo courtesy of: Jack Sheppard (Used with Permission)
HoJo Ghost: Wallingford, CT (Rt. 5) Open in 1939 as a HoJo's. Later became "Scotch & Sirloin Restaurant," a transmission shop, "China Inn Restaurant," and "FlowerLand Gifts." Later "Unique Fitness for Women," now a pre-school. Photos by : HoJoLand.com
HoJo Ghost: Cleveland, OH (off I-90) Restaurant and hotel are abandoned. Photo courtesy of : Charles Hampshire. (Used With Permission)
HoJo Ghost: Elmsford, NY (Rt. 119) Tarrytown Road. Restaurant is now offices and a daycare center for an assisted living center. Photo courtesy of : Charles Hampshire. (Used With Permission)
HoJo Ghost: Derby, CT (on Rt. 34,off of Route 8) Restaurant is now "TailGators" Bar. Photo courtesy of : Charles Hampshire. (Used With Permission)
The final resting place of founder Howard Deering Johnson
The company founder, Howard Deering Johnson, and his wife, Marjorie.
Howard Johnson's House in Massachusetts, similar in design to one of his restaurant designs.
