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Colony Tourist Court
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Knoxville, Tennessee – Then and Now
Colony Tourist Court – 5102 Kingston Pike
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This turned out to be quite a surprise.
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It’s still there. Only now it’s Colony Square. It looks like maybe they added tot he front end, and the wall and the center building is gone.
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Here you can see the motel style rooms and AC.
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Some of the remaining lamps.
UPDATE: This building has been completely destroyed.
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Earlier linen cards.