MissPres is on vacation this week, but we’re sending postcards back from Mississippi’s past.
BLUE GABLES TOURIST COURT. 3 Mi. North, Highway 49, P.O. Box 1331, HATTIESBURG, MISS. NEW, MODERN, FIREPROOF. Beautifully furnished and decorated. Private Tub and Shower Baths. Phone: 9553. Postmarked June 27, 1950.
Categories: Hattiesburg, Hotels
I think this survived until at least the 1980s. From what I understand, the site is now occupied by the Mark IV and mark V Apartments. “Blue Gables Drive” seems to be the only reference to the past in its present incarnation.
Love, love, love those old tin can tourist haunts!
I highly recommend “The Motel in America (The Road and American Culture)” by Jakle, Sculle and Rogers to anyone who’s been keeping up with these postcards.
Excellent book! I have it on my shelf!