Shawmut Diner
| Shawmut Diner | |||
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 The former Shawmut Diner in 2012 |
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| location | New Bedford , Massachusetts , United States | ||
| Coordinates | 41 ° 39 '32.3 " N , 70 ° 56' 50.4" W | ||
| Built | 1953 | ||
| architect | Jerry O'Mahony Inc. | ||
| Architectural style | Stainless steel diner | ||
| NRHP number | 03001208 | ||
| The NRHP added | November 28, 2003 | ||
The Shawmut Diner was until 2014 a diner in New Bedford in the state of Massachusetts of the United States . It belonged to the type of the "stainless steel diner", since it consisted to a large extent of stainless steel, and on November 28, 2003 as part of the Multiple Property Submission Diners of Massachusetts MPS in the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) registered. Today there is a Cumberland Farms market at this location .
description
The Shawmut Diner was a well-preserved example of a stainless steel diner in Massachusetts at the time it was accepted into the NRHP. It was built in 1953 by Jerry O'Mahony Inc. in Elizabeth , New Jersey , and was located in a business district off Massachusetts Route 140 . It consisted of a steel frame -construction, with stainless steel ( English stainless steel was covered) and having vertical accents in black color. The kitchen was in an annex at the back.
Inside, the diner had a counter with bar stools and alcoves along the long sides. Right next to the counter there was a glass studio from which the operator of the diner broadcast a radio show every weekday.
Historical meaning
The diner shaped the cityscape of New Bedford from its installation in 1953 until it closed in 2014. Operated by Joaquim and Mary Mello from 1955 to 1971, it benefited in particular from the nearby New Bedford Regional Airport , which revived the city's economic power in the 1940s.
In 1981 Phil and Celeste Paleologos took over the diner and extensively renovated it. Phil broadcast the radio show America, Good Morning - Live from the Shawmut Diner from there until 2014 ; to date it is the only radio show in the US that was broadcast from a diner. As part of the Talk America Radio Network , it was broadcast across the United States.
The diner was closed on April 1, 2014 and transported to the Bristol County House of Corrections in nearby Dartmouth the following month . Today there is a Cumberland Farms market at this location .
See also
literature
- Kathleen Kelly Broomer, Betsy Friedberg: National Register of Historic Places Registration Form. (PDF) National Park Service , October 2003, accessed on August 8, 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 cf. Broomer / Friedberg, p. 5.
- ↑ cf. Broomer / Friedberg, p. 6.
- ↑ cf. Broomer / Friedberg, p. 7.
- ↑ Jim Phillips: Shawmut Diner to Close April 1st. 1420 WBSM, March 21, 2014, accessed August 8, 2016 .
- ↑ Shawmut Diner Gets Moved on YouTube