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Motor Lodges

inns appeared that were automobile
Joan Fry friendly. These “mom and pop”
businesses sometimes consisted
On my way to Waynesboro, of cabins in a “U” shape, with
Pennsylvania, last week, I noticed one shared bathroom facility and
demolition work at the foot of parking in front of each unit.
Sunshine Trail. What was left of Local lodges such as Red Run
Red Run Cabins was being turned Lodge and Cabins were popular
into rubble. According to an article stopovers in the 1930s and 1940s,
in The Record Herald in 2005, when passenger trains became a
the Red Run Lodge was built of thing of the past and automobiles
chestnut in 1940, and cabins were were the new way to travel. The
added over several years. Red Run large hotels around Pen Mar Park in
Lodge was demolished in 2005, and Washington County and Braddock
the cabins were left to disintegrate. Heights in Frederick County were
I remember the lodge’s famous no longer the latest in lodging for
chicken in the basket. summer visitors from the city.
In 1917, Henry O. Smith There were many other motor
bought a twenty-seven-acre tract lodges in the area at the time.
of land, where he and his family In Thurmont, Camp Cozy and
cleared about fifteen acres and Shangri-La Cabins on old Route 15
grew strawberries and raspberries. old Route 16, the new highway several years ago. The property was were keeping up with the times, and
When Route 16, the Sunshine split the property in two. Smith placed on the National Register of Barbara Fritchie Cabins and Francis
Trail, was built in 1938 to replace
donated the eight acres on the Historic Places in 1994, after being Scott Key Restaurant and Motel,
north side of Route 16 to the purchased by Red Run Enterprises, along Route 40 in Frederick, were
Borough of Waynesboro for Red based in Washington, D.C., from catering to the tourist trade.
Run Park, which thrives today the Smith heirs. Barbara Fritchie Cabins was
with many activities, including car When automobiles made family located on Route 40, having forty
shows, singing entertainment, and travel common and travelers wanted cabins, steam heat, and private
miniature train rides for the young a convenient and inexpensive place showers. The price for two people
at heart. to rest, new accommodations sprang ranged from $3.00 to $5.00
The lodge was closed in the late up along the roadsides across the per night. The restaurant is still
1960s, and the farm continued to country. Unlike the downtown thriving, serving good food and
Courtesy Photos sell fruit at the adjoining stand until hotels, tourist courts and motor their famous pies.

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