Remember When, Chattanooga? The Pines Motel thrived in East Ridge

February 16, 2024 at 4:23 p.m.

by Mark Kennedy

Archive photo from the Chattanooga News-Free Press via ChattanoogaHistory.com / The Pines Motel was a 18-unit motor court on Ringgold Road in the 1950s. Changing traffic patterns led to the demise of many small motels in the 1950s and 1960s.
Archive photo from the Chattanooga News-Free Press via ChattanoogaHistory.com / The Pines Motel was a 18-unit motor court on Ringgold Road in the 1950s. Changing traffic patterns led to the demise of many small motels in the 1950s and 1960s.


The former Pines Motel on Ringgold Road was typical of roadside motor courts in the 1950s; it was situated along a busy highway and anchored by a small restaurant.

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