Duplex Motel

7898 Watson Rd.
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The Duplex Cottages Auto Court opened in the mid-1930s with 11 cottages By 1971 there were 27 units. In 1946 it was sold by Fred Ba(r)nes and Paul Skidmore to Paul Lamont for a reported $160,000.00. In the early 2000s a developer tried to get the city to use eminent domain to close the motel and sell the property to them for a convenience store, the city refused.

Photo(s): 2018