After reading Mitch Harper's comment on the Hoosier Courts motel in New Haven, I looked it up on Yahoo search and came across a nice postcard of it and other old motels in the New Haven, Indiana, area along the old Lincoln Highway.
It was by the Indiana Chapter of the Lincoln Highway Association on their website under City-by-City--East to West.
The Hoosier City Tourist Court (which I imagine was the one Mr. Harper was referring to, was three miles east of Fort Wayne, Indiana on Us Routes30 and 24. It offered 19 units with private showers, a restaurant, and garages. Proprietors were Mr. and Mrs. A. L. Rinard. Telephone number was New Haven 4423.
Two nearby motels were Long's A.B.C. Auto Court on US-30 and Motel Wayne which had 40 units at US Routes 24 and 30.
For postcards of these and other Fort Wayne motels, go to www.indianalincolnhighway.com/page8.html/
Good Site. --RoadDog
RoadDog's RoadLog Blog: Being my travels down those great two lane highways of this nation as well as news I learn about them from media sources. Since I'm also very interested in historic preservation, there will be a lot of that as well.
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2 comments:
The Motel Wayne is still serving motorists today.
The son of Mr. and Mrs. Art Rinard, the couple who operated the Hoosier Courts, still lives in New Haven on IN 930 (the former US 30) about two blocks east of the site of the tourist courts.
I knew Mr. and Mrs. Rinard when I was growing up in New Haven.
The ABC Courts has been torn down and replaced with a Subway Sandwich shop.
Looks like a place I'll have to stay at the next time I'm through the area.
Thanks, Mitch. Perhaps you could interview them. I'm sure they have lots of things to say.
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