It’s time once again for #FlashbackFriday with the Whitewater Historical Society. This week’s image is from 1993, when the old Sherwood Forest Motel changed its name to the Diplomat Motel. The Sherwood Forest Motel was located where the modern Fairfield Inn and Suites is now located (next to the new Starbucks near Wal-Mart). The Sherwood Forest Motel was developed in 1978-1979 as an extension to a church building already on the site. The old church building can be seen behind the bank of rooms in the image. In 1996, the building was demolished for part of the parking lot of the new Sentry grocery store (now the UW Community Engagement Center). As usual, historical society member George Scharfenberg was on hand to photograph the business when it changed its name in 1993.

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(Photo from the George Scharfenberg collection)