Ted's Diner
| Ted's Diner | |||
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| National Register of Historic Places | |||
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| location | Milford , Massachusetts , United States | ||
| Coordinates | 42 ° 8 ′ 34 ″ N , 71 ° 31 ′ 5 ″ W | ||
| Built | 1920s | ||
| architect | Jerry O'Mahony, Inc. | ||
| Architectural style | Barrel Roof Diner | ||
| NRHP number | 00001395 | ||
| The NRHP added | November 29, 2000 | ||
The Ted's Diner was a built in the 1920's Diner in Milford in the state of Massachusetts of the United States . It belonged to the type of "barrel roof diner" and was entered on November 29, 2000 as part of the Multiple Property Submission Diners of Massachusetts MPS in the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP). On April 25, 2002 it had to be demolished due to its dilapidation.
description
The diner was made by Jerry O'Mahony, Inc. in Elizabeth , New Jersey in the 1920s and was one of the oldest surviving diners in Massachusetts until its inglorious late 2002. It stood just off Massachusetts Route 16 on the edge of historic downtown Milford near City Hall. It was one of the so-called "barrel roof dinners" because it had a barrel roof and was clad with red enamel . It was connected to the neighboring house via an extension and therefore had a large number of seats compared to other diners of this type, which were arranged in an L-shape.
Historical meaning
The only diner in Milford at the time of entry into the NRHP was one of the oldest of its kind in Massachusetts and the oldest of around 14 dinners owned by Jerry O'Mahony in the state. It was already an important part of the city's food culture during the Great Depression and is first listed in 1931 with its first owner, Anthony J. Dube, although it was built back in the 1920s. In 1936 Joseph Corella and Edward F. McDermott ran the diner as a Co-Mac Café .
The diner was first run as Ted's Diner in 1942, with Evelyn A. Prescott as the owner. After the Second World War , the Trotta family took over the diner and expanded it with an extension.
In 1974 the diner was painted by John Baeder. In 1995, Milford City acquired the diner and adjoining building with the intention of building a new main fire station there. After a prospective buyer could be found who intended a comprehensive restoration, the diner, which had become dilapidated by vandalism and considered a danger to public safety, was demolished in April 2002, although members of a diner museum in Rhode Island were already on the same day Headed to Milford to see the diner and keep it if possible. On arrival, however, it had already been removed in ruins as the demolition company had no knowledge of a potential buyer.
literature
- Kathleen Kelly Broomer, Betsy Friedberg: National Register of Historic Places Registration Form. (PDF) National Park Service , October 2000, accessed on August 9, 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 .
Individual evidence
- ^ National Register Information System . In: National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service . Retrieved November 2, 2013.
- ↑ a b Denise Marie Mize: Museum representatives did not arrive in time to save Milford diner. In: The Milford Daily News. April 26, 2002, archived from the original on May 8, 2003 ; accessed on August 9, 2016 .
- ↑ cf. Broomer / Friedberg, p. 5.
- ↑ cf. Broomer / Friedberg, p. 6.
- ↑ cf. Broomer / Friedberg, p. 7.
- ↑ John Baeder: Diners . Abrams, New York 1995, ISBN 978-0-8109-2611-0 .
- ↑ cf. Broomer / Friedberg, p. 8.
- ↑ Denise Marie Mize: Ted's Diner finds a new owner. In: The Milford Daily News. January 22, 2002, archived from the original on May 8, 2003 ; accessed on August 9, 2016 .