Since a fire destroyed the General Putnam Motel in 2018, the restaurant is all that remains, and it probably won’t be around much longer. This was a popular location for tourists on US 441 in the pre-interstate days and beyond, but is best known as one of the set locations for the movie My Cousin Vinny. It’s just north of Eatonton, but I believe a recent expansion of the municipal boundary places it within the city limits today. It likely dates to the late 1940s or early 1950s.
My God Georgia people how could you be so uncaring and let anyone or anything tear down this motel of all things it’s simply incredulous not to mention it was in the classic 1992 My Cousin Vinny movie and you just let them tear it down!? ARRRRRGH!!
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Every time I go to Florida I take 441 instead of the interstate and go right by there.