Signature Inn Evansville, Indiana and Florence, Kentucky

Since I have not visited either the Evansville or Florence locations, I have no photos of them.  To make up for the lack of photographic material, I decided to combine two hotels into one post.

aerial imagery courtesy of Bing maps

map graphic courtesy of signature-inns.com at archive.org

The Evansville Signature Inn was one of three hotels built in 1986.  It was on the larger side of the hotels with 125 rooms.

This hotel would become a Jameson Inn sometime in 2006 when many others were converted from Signature Inn.  It would remain in the chain until December of 2012 when it became a Howard Johnson.

aerial imagery courtesy of Bing maps

map graphic courtesy of signature-inns.com at archive.org

The Florence, Kentucky, location was another of the three locations built in 1986.  Like the Evansville location, it had 125 rooms.   This was one of three hotels in the Cincinnati area, as shown by the map below:

map graphic courtesy of signature-inns.com at archive.org

This hotel likely missed the changeover to the Jameson flag, as it was sold in late 2003 or early 2004 (according to the time it disappeared from the website).  In doing an address search, names I've found associated with the address include Ramada Limited, Hotel Ivy, and Clarion.  It is currently a Baymont Inn & Suites.

sources for this post include the Vanderburgh County, Indiana, auditor's website, signature-inns.com archived at archive.org, jamesoninns.com archived at archive.org, and imagery found through Google Maps and Bing Maps.  The dividing lines were also "borrowed" from Signature Inn's old site.

Photographs of other Signature Inn locations can be found here: Formerly Signature Inn by Ryan on Flickr

Signature Inn Columbus, Ohio

aerial imagery courtesy of Bing maps

map graphic courtesy of signature-inns.com at archive.org

 This hotel was built in 1985 and out of the five built that year, it was the only one that was not located in Indiana.  The Columbus, Ohio, location was also the largest one built that year, with 125 rooms.

The Columbus hotel was listed on Jameson Inn's site until September/October of 2006, but the county auditor's records show that it was sold in February 2006.  I am not sure if this ever received the Jameson name, but my inclination is probably not.

This hotel has been a Ramada Inn since then.  There has not been a whole lot of work done to the exterior of the hotel, though the metal cladding on the side of the building has been replaced with some sort of stucco or masonry work.  The same had been added to the canopy pillars.

sources for this post include the Frnaklin County, Ohio, auditor's website, signature-inns.com archived at archive.org, jamesoninns.com archived at archive.org, and imagery found through Google Maps and Bing Maps.

Photographs not accredited in their captions were taken by me.  These and additional photos can be found here: Formerly Signature Inn by Ryan on Flickr