Modern Diner - Pawtucket, Rhode Island
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BruceS
N 41° 52.129 W 071° 23.220
19T E 301902 N 4637966
Popular breakfast diner was the first diner listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The diner is located just south of downtown Pawtucket, Rhode Island.
Waymark Code: WMCQGB
Location: Rhode Island, United States
Date Posted: 10/03/2011
Views: 3
The Modern Diner was built circa 1940 and was originally located at 13 Dexter Street and was moved to its current location in 1985. The diner was built by the J.B. Judkins Company of Merrimack, Massachusetts and is one of two surviving Sterling Streamliners, a line of customized, factory-built, "modernistic" diners built in the 1930s and early 1940s. The diner has had an addition to increase kitchen, storage and seating space.
The Modern Diner is a very popular breakfast diner particularly on weekends when the lines can be long but moves quickly. The diner is known for its long list of specials it features each morning.
Street address:
364 East Ave.
Pawtucket, Rhode Island
County / Borough / Parish: Providence
Year listed: 1978
Historic (Areas of) Significance: Event, Architecture/Engineering
Periods of significance: 1925-1949
Historic function: Commerce/Trade
Current function: Commerce/Trade
Privately owned?: yes
Primary Web Site: [Web Link]
Secondary Website 1: [Web Link]
Season start / Season finish: Not listed
Hours of operation: Not listed
Secondary Website 2: Not listed
National Historic Landmark Link: Not listed
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