Agawam Diner
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Location | Rowley, Massachusetts |
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Coordinates | 42°42′17″N 70°54′37″W / 42.70472°N 70.91028°WCoordinates: 42°42′17″N 70°54′37″W / 42.70472°N 70.91028°W |
Built | 1954 |
Architect | Fodero Dining Car Company |
Architectural style | Other |
MPS | Diners of Massachusetts MPS |
NRHP Reference # | [1] |
Added to NRHP | September 22, 1999 |
The Agawam Diner is a historic diner at 166 Newburyport Turnpike (U.S. Route 1) in Rowley, Massachusetts.
The diner was built in 1954 and added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1999.
History
"Built by Fodero Dining Car Company in 1954, the original Agawam Diner was opened by the Galanis Family in 1940. The current diner replaced the original in Ipswich's Depot Square in 1954. Moved twice in 1967, first to Peabody and then to its current Route 1 location in Rowley, the Agawam Diner remains a family business."[2]
The first diner was a small Worcester diner bought in 1940 with a $750 deposit. A larger diner was purchased in 1947. In 1954, they upgraded to a Fodero diner from Bloomfield, NJ.[3]
The diner is named for a local Indian tribe and since 1940 has been owned and operated by the Galanis family.[4]
See also
- List of diners
- National Register of Historic Places listings in Essex County, Massachusetts
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Food portal
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Companies portal
References
- ↑ National Park Service (2008-04-15). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
- ↑ The Agawam Diner Rowley, Massachusetts 2nd Edition
- ↑ Diners of New England
- ↑ The Diner