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| Horne's
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note that locations listed above are from Horne's directories
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| Brochure
circa 1970s: Larry Passaro |
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| Florence,
South Carolina |
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831 S Irby Street |
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Constructed
at about the same time as the Fayetteville
Horne's, the 110 room Florence motor lodge featured
a similar lobby structure and sign. And like Fayetteville's,
it was highly touted in Horne's postcards and brochures.
• 110 Spacious
Rooms
• 10 Channel
Cablevision
• Direct
Dial Phones
• Near Municipal
Airport
• Horneblower
Lounge
• Steak House
• Banquet
Meeting Space
• Room Service
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Left:
Topped with a spinning 3D neon "bejeweled"
crown, Florence's towering sign would have been a
sight to behold! |
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Below:
Seems hard to believe in this day and age of hundreds
of channels, but EIGHT back in 1964 was a big deal--now
if we could just find something worth watching! |
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| Florence
Morning News; 6-9-64 |
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| Brochure
views circa 1970: Courtesy of Larry Passaro |
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| Postcard
circa 1970s: Kummerlowe Archive |
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November 2006: Courtesy of Phil Edwards |
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"Horne's
is impressive in design and luxuriously furnished. Featuring
its own Country Restaurant and Steak House, southern
food with a home cooked flavor awaits you. Convenient
to everywhere, it is the ideal stop for travelers or
anyone who wants to eat, sleep or relax." |
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Right:
Having become a Country
Hearth Inn & Suites by the middle 2000s, Florence's
apparently recycled street sign suggests that it could
have been a Shoney's Inn. |
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Below:
Perhaps as an unintended visual bonus, the shot below
shows a "Colonial" style former A&P store
that had been located up and across from the Horne's. |
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| Florence
Morning News; 6-21-65 |
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| Brochure
views circa 1970 (above and lower): Courtesy of Larry Passaro |
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| Florence
Morning News; 3-9-67 |
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| Florence
Morning news; 6-11-67 |
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| Florence
Morning News; 8-23-77 |
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| Photographs
November 2006: Courtesy of Phil Edwards |
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| Photograph
2005: Courtesy of Robby Delius |
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Above
& Below:
Evolving over time, the Horne's Restaurant which had once
featured a Circus Grille, Crown Room and Gift Shop came
to be divided into two by the 2000s. On one side Carmen's
restaurant served up finer fare, while on the other patrons
could belly up to the buffet and serve themselves heaping
portions of country style food.
Note that of the nearly 100 Horne's roadside eatery-stops,
Florence had become just one of two that still referenced
the Horne's name by the 2000s (However the other location,
Port Royal was the only one to remain relatively true
to the Horne's standardized formula and even maintained
its gleaming bright yellow eye-catching lets-stop-there
roof).
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| Photographs
November 2006: Courtesy of Phil Edwards |
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| Photographs
1995: Courtesy of Larry Passaro |
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Santee
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I-95 @ old U.S. 301 Lake Marion bridge |
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Only
recently identified as the former Santee location by traveler
Michael Lisicky, he recalled that the sprawling complex
was along the west side of I-95 on the northern approach
to the old Lake Marion bridge and added that there was
nary a yellow roof at the site! The photographs taken
by Larry Passaro in 1995 seem to indicate that the location
was not purpose built. That is to say that it was perhaps
a conversion of an existing motel. Current satellite reconnaissance
shows only scarred earth and the footprint of the one-time
Horne's.
It
is likely that there was once a stand-alone yellow roofed
restaurant along U.S. 301 in the vicinity, but that its
operations were at some point transferred to the complex
that faced I-95.
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Above:
The sign seemed to have been recycled by the Horne's. Note
the shield shape on the right side that looks to indicate
what may have been certified truck scales? |
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