Agawam Diner
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 Agawam Diner |
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| location | Rowley , Massachusetts , United States | ||
| Coordinates | 42 ° 42 '16.9 " N , 70 ° 54' 37.1" W | ||
| Built | 1954 | ||
| architect | Fodero Dining Car Company | ||
| Architectural style | Diner | ||
| NRHP number | 99001124 | ||
| The NRHP added | September 22, 1999 | ||
The Agawam Diner is a diner built in 1954 in Rowley , Massachusetts . Located at the intersection of US Highway 1 and Route 133 , it was listed on September 22, 1999 as part of the Multiple Property Submission Diners of Massachusetts MPS as a listed building on the National Register of Historic Places . The diner has been owned by the Galanis family since it was founded and is run as a family business.
history
The Galanis family opened the first Agawam Diner in Ipswich in 1940 . Due to their increasing success, they bought a second diner in 1947 and the Rowley location was opened. The first two dinners were from the Worcester Lunch Car Company . In 1954 the family bought two diners from the Fodero Dining Car Company , one of which opened in Peabody , also on US Highway 1. The other replaced the old diner in Rowley and has been on the corner of US Highway 1 / Route 133 ever since. In the 1960s and 1970s, the Ipswich and Peabody locations were sold, only the Agawam Diner in Rowley remained.
Others
The name Agawam refers to the Agawam people , a former indigenous people in New England .
In the episode Best Diners of the 2nd season of the series Top 5 Restaurants , the American television broadcaster Food Network chose the "Top 5 Diner Dishes in America". The Agawam Diner's “Chicken Pot Pie” took second place.
See also
literature
- Randy Garbin: Diners of New England . Stackpole Books, 2005, ISBN 978-0-8117-3141-6 , pp. 93 ff . ( limited preview in Google Book search).
- Larry Cultrera: Classic Diners of Massachusetts . The History Press, 2011, ISBN 978-1-60949-323-3 , pp. 60 ff . ( limited preview in Google Book search).
Individual evidence
- ^ Massachusetts - Essex County. In: National Register of Historic Places. Retrieved February 17, 2016 .
- ↑ Entry in the National Register Information System . National Park Service , accessed June 14, 2016
- ^ Todd Colemann: The Diner. Saveur, August 9, 2007, accessed February 17, 2016 .
- ↑ Top 5 Diner Dishes in America. Food Network, accessed February 17, 2016 .