Silk City Diners was a division of the Paterson Wagon Company, later known at Paterson Vehicle Company, established by Everett Abbott Cooper and based in Paterson, New Jersey, which produced about 1,500 diners from 1926 until 1966.[1][2] Each was tagged with the year and order in which it was built; for example, 5607 would be the seventh diner manufactured in 1956.[3] Several have been listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP).
NRHP and other extant diners
- 1941 Silk City, Gilmore Car Museum, Hickory Corners, MI[4]
- Airport Diner, Kutztown, Pennsylvania
- Baby's Burgers & Shakes, State College, Pennsylvania, Silk City #3071
- Biscuits and Barbecue, Mineola, NY
- Chief Martindale Diner Claverack, NY, Silk City #5807 (NY23 x Taconic Parkway)
- Country Girl Diner, Chester, Vermont[5][6]
- Deligan's Diner (formerly the Blue Tone Diner),[7] Silk City #4824. Formerly in Peekskill, NY; now in private hands in Massachusetts.
- Delta Diner, Delta, Wisconsin
- The Diner, Horseheads, New York
- Doyle's, Selbyville, Delaware
- Exmore Diner, Exmore Virginia Number 45103
- Fezz's Diner, Coudersport, Pennsylvania
- Kims Classic Diner Sabina, Ohio
- Lawrence Park Dinor, Lawrence Park, Pennsylvania
- Miss Albany Diner
- Norm's Diner, Groton, Connecticut, 1953. Formerly Paula's, and Tugboat Annie's[8]
- Roadside Diner, Wall, New Jersey[9][10]
- Route 30 Diner, Ronks, Pennsylvania[11]
- Village Diner, Red Hook, New York
- Silk City Diner, Lounge, and Garden, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania[12]
- Tic Tock Diner, Clifton, New Jersey[13]
- West Shore Diner, Lemoyne, Pennsylvania
See also
External links
References
- North Jersey News and Information www.northjersey.com, retrieved 2024-12-29^
- Richard Gutman. American Diner Then and Now JHU Press, 2000^
- Diner FAQs^
- Home gilmorecarmuseum.org^
- Dinner webpage^
- Must-stop diners in Vermont^
- Diners of New England Stackpole Books^
- In the News - Norm's Diner Diner History, 6 November 2008, retrieved 3 August 2024^
- Genovese, Peter. "Coolest-looking diner in New Jersey", The Star-Ledger, August 1, 2013. Accessed 2014-09-22. "There isn’t a diner quite like the Roadside Diner anywhere in Jersey...^
- Dunphy, Dw. "New Jersey, Diners, And YouA Day Tripper look into two memorable spots to grab a quick bite.", ChathamPatch, March 30, 2012. Accessed 2014-09-22. "The [Roadside Diner] in Wall has been an area institution since the 1940s, at the intersection of Rt. 33 and 34 on the Collingwood Circle.^
- Route 30 Diner - Dinerville^
- AboutSilk City Diner Bar & Lounge retrieved 2014-09-22^
- Michael C. Gabriele. The History of Diners in New Jersey The History Press, 2013^