Mar-Fran Motel at Fox Lake, Angola, Indiana, circa 1980s

Description:	Snapshot from Fox Lake of the east facade of the Mar-Fran Motel. Attached to the page is older advertising from the motel stating The Mar-Fran Motel / over looking Fox Lake / One mile west of Angola, Indiana on U.S. 20 then 1/2 mile south / Photo 665-3602 (area code 219) / Mrs. Frances Fleming, Prop. Another attached unsourced copy states The manager of the Mar-Fran Motel offers many features to insure a maximum rest and vacation. It is . . . Overlooking Fox Lake, Fishing, Boating, Swimming, Horse Shoes, Large recreation room for your enjoyment, Parties, Dancing, Restaurant with Home Cooked Food. Dining Room will be open during the winter by appointment for Parties, Dinners and Banquets. You have our assurance of our every effort to offer you complete enjoyment, and prime requisite of a perfect vacation.Mary Frances Fleming and her husband Harry Marcus Fleming of Indianapolis and Mabel Van Cleave of Franklin operated the Mar-Fran Motel and restaurant for decades as one of the few businesses in the county where Blacks could stay and dine. The original two-story, forty-room motel was destroyed by fire on November 28, 1966 and rebuilt. M. Fleming auctioned the motel and contents in May 1993.
Origin:	1980s, circa
Source:	http://indianaalbum.pastperfectonline.com/photo/E691FB88-F4BC-4B12-9530-329911399316
Collection:	Indiana Album
Rights:	http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/UND/1.0/
Geography:	1045 SW Fox Lake Road, Angola, Steuben County, Indiana, United States
Subjects:	Fox Lake Resort, Angola / Jackson Family Collection Motels Lakes & ponds African Americans--History Fox Lake (Ind.) Angola (Ind.) Steuben County (Ind.)

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