Howard Johnson created an orange-roofed empire of ice cream stands and restaurants that stretched from Maine to Florida and all the way to the West Coast.
The attractive white Colonial Revival restaurants, with eye-catching porcelain tile roofs, illuminated cupolas and sea blue shutters, were described in ``Reader\'s Digest`` in 1949 as the epitome.
Popularly known as the ``Father of the Franchise Industry,`` Johnson delivered good food and prices that brought appreciative customers back for more.
Howard Johnson created an orange-roofed empire of ice cream stands and restaurants that stretched from Maine to Florida and all the way to the West Coast