The 120 room lakeside motor inn in Orlando, Florida was the first motor inn in the chain and is located at 410 North Orange Blossom Trail. Parliament House opened on Sunday February 11, 1962. The opening was televised by local station WLOF Channel 9. It was built on Orlando’s Rock Lake by Hodes and Cumming Construction, the same company that built the iconic Kanes furniture store on West Colonial Drive. The architect was Alan Berman. The Baron of Beef Restaurant and adjacent conference center opened a few months later on June 12, 1962. Ned Eddy, Jr acted as manager and his brother James (Jimmy) Eddy was manager of the cocktail lounge.

The Parliament House Motor Inn was popular spot for meetings and weddings. It was used by nearby Tupperware World Headquarters for meetings, was the site of numerous Florida Voters League meetings, and the NAACP legislative conference.

In 1972, Jim Ritter, the assistant manager, was quoted as saying “May’s always been dead around here and 1972 is no different, but we expect to be booked full two weeks ahead all summer” referring to the recent opening of Walt Disney World and the expected influx of visitors. The influx of visitors never happened as thousands of competing hotel and motel room were built on International Drive and along Kissimmee’s Highway 192. The Parliament House began to cater to the seedier clientele of prostitutes who settled into the declining area of Orange Blossom Trail.

By 1975 the motor inn was near bankruptcy when the owners were approached by Bill Miller and Michael Hodge who purchased the Parliament House for $648,000 on March 27, 1975 and transformed the location into a gay and lesbian resort, now the Parliament House hotel.

Today the Parliament House Motor Inn in Orlando Florida is the only remaining Parliament House property operating under the original name.