Boulevard Diner
| Boulevard Diner | |||
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 The Boulevard Diner in 2008 |
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| location | Worcester , Massachusetts , United States | ||
| Coordinates | 42 ° 15 '53.1 " N , 71 ° 47' 13.8" W | ||
| Built | 1936 | ||
| architect | Worcester Lunch Car Company | ||
| Architectural style | Barrel Roof Diner | ||
| NRHP number | 00001394 | ||
| The NRHP added | November 22, 2000 | ||
The Boulevard Diner is a 1936-built Diner in Worcester in the state of Massachusetts of the United States . It is one of the so-called "barrel roof" dinners, as it has a barrel roof , and was entered on November 22, 2000 as part of the Multiple Property Submission Diners of Massachusetts MPS in the National Register of Historic Places .
description
Boulevard Diner, built in 1936 as construction number # 730 by the Worcester Lunch Car Company , is located in an industrial park on Shrewsbury Street, which leads from Massachusetts Route 9 to Interstate 290 in Worcester . The restaurant car has a wooden frame and stands on a brick foundation. The outer walls are covered with yellow enamel and bear the name of the diner in red letters. The roof is covered with asphalt - shingles covered. The kitchen is in a one-story, brick-built extension with a flat roof on the back.
On the two narrow sides are the two entrances below the roof overhang. While the east entrance is framed by a vestibule made of steel and glass from the 1950s and accessible via a few steps, the stairs to the entrance on the west side are completely enclosed. The awnings over the windows on the front and at the west entrance were installed later. The diner is known for its roof decoration, which consists of an illuminated clock and an ornamental structure composed of fluorescent tubes . A sign protruding over the roof shows the lettering "DINER", which also consists of fluorescent tubes. At the back there is a small warehouse that also belongs to the diner.
Inside, the bar with grill and serving station extends over the entire long side. The diner has fourteen bar stools decorated with white enamel and six sitting areas with tables. The barrel roof, like the walls, is made of wood, while the counter is made of marble . The floor is covered with small tiles in two different shades of green.
Historical meaning
The Boulevard Diner is the best-preserved example from the 1930s of the traditional barrel-top diners of the Worcester Lunch Car Company, the leading diner manufacturer of its time. This design of the diner is closely linked to the history of the diner in Massachusetts since the 1920s. The original interior fittings made of wood, tiles and marble represent the typical diner style before the use of steel became fashionable. The Boulevard Diner was run by Worcester diner Fred J. Galanto from 1936 to 1969 and most likely got its name from the importance of Shrewsbury Street as a busy thoroughfare. The George family has owned the diner since 1969 and extensively renovated it in 1999.
In addition to the Boulevard Diner, Massachusetts has a few other Worcester Lunch Car Company diners from 1920 to 1950 in good or even excellent condition, which can be used to observe the development of diner design. The company built a total of 651 diners between 1907 and 1957, plus an unknown number of conversions and reconditioning of older vehicles. Between 1930 and the start of World War II , the company built more than 80 diners, all of which were shipped to New England , but over 50 to Massachusetts.
literature
- Kathleen Kelly Broomer, Betsy Friedberg: National Register of Historic Places Registration Form. (PDF) National Park Service , October 2000, accessed on July 11, 2016 (English, accessible via the "NR" button).
- Richard Gutman: American diner then and now . Harper Perennial, New York 1993, ISBN 978-0-06-096956-1 .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ National Register Information System . In: National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service . Retrieved November 2, 2013.
- ↑ a b c cf. Broomer / Friedberg, p. 5.
- ↑ cf. Broomer / Friedberg, p. 6.
- ↑ cf. Broomer / Friedberg, p. 7.