Whit's Diner
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| National Register of Historic Places | |||
 The Lloyd's Diner in 2010 |
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| location | Framingham , Massachusetts , United States | ||
| Coordinates | 42 ° 16 '31.2 " N , 71 ° 25' 59.2" W | ||
| Built | 1942 | ||
| architect | Worcester Lunch Car Company | ||
| Architectural style | Barrel Roof Diner | ||
| NRHP number | 03001243 | ||
| The NRHP added | December 4, 2003 | ||
The Lloyd's Diner (formerly. Whit's Diner ) is a 1942-built Diner in Framingham in the state of Massachusetts of the United States . Due to its barrel roof, it is one of the so-called "barrel roof dinners" and was entered in the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) on December 4, 2003 as part of the Multiple Property Submission Diners of Massachusetts MPS under the name Whit's Diner .
description
Lloyd's Diner was manufactured in 1942 as build number # 783 by the Worcester Lunch Car Company . After initially operating as Whit's Diner in Orange , it has stood in a mixed-use area in Framingham near the railroad tracks west of the city's business center since 1990. It consists of a wooden frame construction stands on a concrete foundation and has a with asphalt - shingles clad barrel roof ( English barrel roof ). The outer walls are clad with red enamel , on which the name of the diner is written in white. The entrances are located on the short sides of the diner.
The diner has an unusual interior design, as - unlike most other diners of this type - the counter does not extend over the entire length, but only occupies a shorter section in the western part, while there are table niches opposite at the eastern end. There are eight bar stools at the counter, which, like the seats at the tables, are covered with PVC . The surfaces of the counter and tables are made of marble , while the roof is clad with light blue laminate . The walls are light yellow, the original floor consists of tiles in the colors reddish brown, red, black and cream. Lloyd's Diner has an annex built in 1990 to the rear, which houses the kitchen and toilets, as well as seating for wheelchair users.
Historical meaning
Lloyd's Diner is one of several well-preserved, classic barrel-roof dinners operated by the Worcester Lunch Car Company. It was the only historic diner in Framingham at the time of inclusion in the NRHP. The diner was delivered on March 21, 1942 and operated under the name Whit's Diner in Orange within the Orange Center Historic District by Robert E. Whitney and Richard C. Whitney. After 1960 the diner was renamed Orange Diner and closed in 1989.
In 1990 Richard and Joan Lloyd discovered the diner and bought it in June of that year. They moved it to its current location in Framingham and restored the restaurant cart with the help of diner expert Richard Gutman. The new Lloyd's Diner opened in January 1991.
See also
literature
- Kathleen Kelly Broomer, Betsy Friedberg: National Register of Historic Places Registration Form. (PDF) National Park Service , October 30, 2003, accessed on August 23, 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.