130-132 W. FRANKLIN ST. / HOWARD JOHNSON'S SELF-SERVICE RESTAURANT / EAT AT JOE'S / SHONEY'S / GEORGE'S

130-132 W. FRANKLIN ST. / HOWARD JOHNSON'S SELF-SERVICE RESTAURANT / EAT AT JOE'S / SHONEY'S / GEORGE'S

130-132
,
Chapel Hill
NC
Cross street: 
Built in
1970
Architectural style: 
Construction type: 
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130-132
,
Chapel Hill
NC
Cross street: 
Built in
1970
Architectural style: 
Construction type: 
,
Type: 
Use: 

 

Built in 1970, it was a Howard Johnson's Self-Sevice Restaurant until mid-1971. It was also an Eat at Joe's at least through 1972.
 
From 1973 to 1980 or 1981 it was a Shoney's/Shoney's Big Boy Restaurant; from March or April 1981 it was a George's Restaurant.
 
At some point between 1981 and the early 1990s it was demolished for a parking lot. It is now the location of a group of very large, modern buildings.
 

1970

View north east, circa 1970 (photo excerpt, via Hidden Voices)

September 1970 (via DTH)

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