Holiday Inn of Columbia, 505 Knox Abbott Drive: 1980s 8 comments
"Your Host From Coast-to-Coast"
I went looking for this building on Knox Abbott last year, and as far as I can tell, there is nothing at that address now. The postcard certainly makes what appears to be a rather nondescript building look impressive by adding a sharp car and elegant model, even if there is perhaps a touch too much of "the old South" in the pose chosen.
My experience with Holiday Inns over the years has been mixed. I currently seek out the Holiday Inn Express sites, which seem to be uniformly good. The "regular" HIs can be a mixed bag. The one I used to go to quite often in DC invariably had the freeze/bake thermostat system, and at least once seemed to have gotten the cold and hot water pipes running to my room backwards (though luckily, hot was at best "tepid" in that case).
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bud
1 Jul 10 at 8:32 am
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Well, I wondered about that, but the postcard clearly says "505 Knox Abbott", and the Masters Economy is "613 Knox Abbott".
ted
1 Jul 10 at 10:53 am
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No..the Master's Inn was originally Roger Miller's King of The Road Motel... Holiday Inn was on the other side of it..and then you had the Ponderosa next to it.. They tore the Holiday Inn down years ago... But The Masters Inn was King of The Road Motel.
Del
1 Jul 10 at 11:31 am
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I stand corrected. I just went by the Masters Inn and it is clearly not the same building, the brick work is different.
bud
1 Jul 10 at 11:46 am
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I *might* have some pictures of the derelict Holiday Inn room buildings that I took in 2001-2002 before they tore them down for the BC parking lot and soccer field (now gone, too).
jamie
2 Jul 10 at 7:12 am
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What happened to the Brookland-Cayce parking lot and soccer field?
JBL
2 Jul 10 at 1:35 pm
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This is related but a little random. I saw the post card above and I was wondering if anyone has a link to a postcard for the Palmetto Motel down the screen on Charleston Highway. I have found a lot of other motels postcards online, but none for the Palmetto Motel. Im not even sure if thats what it was named before the 80's.
Alkesh
12 Oct 11 at 2:49 am
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Alkesh,
I would try the Antique Mall on State Street. Those people are very helpful. Alot of the time, those antique malls have vendors who have many postcards for sale.
Jonathan
12 Oct 11 at 8:35 am
The building is still there. Its the Master's Economy Inn now.