Dearborn Towne House Motel

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Vintage Postcard – Dearborn Towne House Motel – Dearborn, Michigan

dearborn towne house motel

DEARBORN TOWNE HOUSE MOTEL
2101 So. Telegraph (US 24) Dearborn, Michigan
at Michigan Ave. (US 12) Phone 274-5700
101 Luxury Air-Conditioned Rooms — Closest to Both Airports — Cocktail Lounge — Dining Room — Heated Pool — 1 1/2 Miles to World Famous Greenfield Village and Henry Ford Museum.

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This lovely vintage postcard was mailed August 7, 1972 using a six-cent ‘Flag Over White House’ stamp. It was mailed to Mrs. John H. St. John, 7 N.E. 91st Street, Miami Shores, Florida – 33138. It reads:

Sat. Jan 5 – 1972
Dear Ploomie:
Tho it has its points we are not smitten on this place & won’t stop again. In fact doubt I’d ever stop in Dearborn. Our incentive will be gone. Went  [unintelligible] & shopping today. I got a jersey dress to wear as a uniform. Is red white & blue & [unintelligible] small apples. Carleen came & indulged in the pool when we got back. Love – R.SH.

I wonder what the original incentive was that kept R.SH. going to Dearborn? This old motel has glorious mid-century styling and you have to love that sign!

It seems that for a time, this was a Super 8 before being torn down. Detroit’s Historic Hotels and Restaurants by Patricia Ibbotson notes the Towne House was owned by Harry Chrysan, who also owned a Dearborn car wash and was president of Avonster Corporation. The 1955 city directory also shows him owning a gas station. It seems that during original construction of the Towne House, there was an issue with the pre-formed concrete blocks and building collapse during construction resulting in death. According to case notes (see here) “the blueprints called for 100 units separated into sections A, B, and C. The building permit was issued to Lester H. Davies, Inc., on January 29, 1962.” Avonster Corporation was incorporated in 1953 and dissolved in 1988. Mr. Chrysan passed away in 1987.

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