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Kampus Kamp in West Ames
Postcard photo from 1949
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Kampus Kamp in West Ames
Postcard photo from 1949
Kampus Kamp tourist camp was operated first by Julius and Edith Hougen at the intersection of Franklin and Lincoln Way before 1941. At the time, this was on the "outskirts" of Ames. The usual address was 3405 Lincoln Way, but because the business later added an "office" facing Franklin Avenue, sometimes the address would be listed as 101 North Franklin. H. Darrell Freel took over the ownership (perhaps in the early 1950s) and changed the name to Campus Court Motel. Joe L. Comp was the proprietor during the early 1960s. Melvin and Annabel Bell were owners 1968-1972. Ev. Cochrane, James Corrison, John Granquist, and Gary Thompson were owners 1973-1976.
This postcard photo, supplied courtesy of Hank Zaletel, appears to be taken the same day.
Roy Hougen, grandson of Julius and Edith Hougen,
offers his view that this photo
faces east before additional units were built
on the west side of the lot.
Notice the small blue x drawn on one unit.
The back of the unmailed card contains the notation:
our 1st stopping place on our Honey Moon.
a Swell place.
1957 aerial photo by VALO shows the motel at the intersection of Franklin and Lincoln Way
This postcard mailed in 1957 shows the same
location after modernization.
By this time the name is Campus Court Motel,
operated by H. Darrell Freel.
Family Video today occupies 3405 Lincoln Way.
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