Hotels, Motels, and Cottages

Visitors to St. Tammany Parish over the past 100 years have found quite a number of motels, hotels, cottages, resorts and even sanitariums for their convenience. 

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New Abita Springs Hotel, Abita Springs 

 

 

 

 

 

Bank Hotel Corner New Hampshire and Rutland Sts, Covington

A "Bank Hotel" Ad in the Farmer, 1887 

 

1929

 1929

 

 

 

 

 

 

Rest A While In Mandeville

Located where the Abita Springs Library is today, burned in 1910

St. Tammany Hotel in Mandeville 

 

 

A 1927 Advertisement

The Southern Hotel was a top attraction from 1910 onward

Southern Hotel

To view more photos of the Southern Hotel, CLICK HERE.

 

 

 

The Oaks

For more information on the Fenwick Sanitarium, CLICK HERE.

Sunshine Cottage

Visitors to Mulberry Grove Plantation in the 1930's

 

As roads were paved, fewer people arrived by train and boat, and the demand for roadside motels and "tourist courts" increased. As the 20th century progressed, more and more motels were located in St. Tammany

Jim's Court near Covington in 1950.
Photo by Edwin F Beck

 

Wally, Jim and John Ruff and Henry Beck at right in the 

Bogue Falaya River at Jim's Beach, 1952, behind Jim's Court

 

 

Bosco's Motel on Pontchartrain Drive in Slidell

 

Hurston's Pine Manor Motel and Restaurant

south of Covington 

 

South of Covington on U.S. 190

 

 

 

Courtyard by Marriott, Covington

See also:

The Holiday Inn Demolished

The Mount Vernon Motel 

The Saga of the Southern Hotel 

Abita Springs Hotels 

The Audubon Hotel in Mandeville