Nomination for Ann's Diner

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12l04 NPS Form 10-900 (Rev. 10-90) PEAFIVED 2280 OMB No. 1024-0018 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service OCT 3 0 2003 National Register of Historic Places Registration Form This form is for use in nominating or requesting determinations for individual properties and districts. See instructions in How to Complete the National Register of Historic Places Registration Form (National Register Bulletin 16A). Complete each item by marking "x" in the appropriate box or by entering the information requested. If any item does not apply to the property being documented, enter "N/A" for "not applicable." For functions, architectural classification, materials, and areas of significance, enter only categories and subcategories from the instructions. Place additional entries and narrative items on continuation sheets (NPS Form 10-900a).

Use a typewriter, word processor, or computer, to complete all items. 1. Name of Property historic name Ann's Diner other names/site number Pat's Diner (preferred); Norm's Place; Worcester Lunch Car Company Diner #824 (The Diners of Massachusetts MPS) 2. Location street & number. 11 Bridge Road (U. S. Route 1) .n/a not for publication city or town. Salisbury n/a vicinity stateMassachusetts _ code_MA county Essex code 009 _ zip code _01950 3. State/Federal Agency Certification As the designated authority under the National Historic Preservation Act of 1986, as amended, I hereby certify that this L nomination J request for determination of eligibility meets the documentation standards for registering properties in the National Register o istoric Places and meets the procedural and professional requirements set forth in 36 CFR Part 60.

In my opinion, the propert 3-meets - does not meet the National Register Criteria. I recommend that this property be considered significant J nationally -] statewide EHocally. (- See continuation sheet for additional comments.) 4 Xahnelkepdle Meile 10/27/03 State or Federal agency and bureau In my opinion, the property meets l does not meet the National Register criteria. (-] See continuation sheet for additional Comments.) Signature of certifying official/Title Date State or Federal agency and bureau 4. National Park Service Certification ,hereby certify that this property is Yentered in the National Registe - See continuation sheet. - determined eligible for the National Register - See continuation sheet. - determined not eligible for the National Register - removed from the National Register - other (explain): Heiar A.

Ball asou Date of Actiog 1210103 Pat's Diner Name of Property 5. Classification Ownership of Property (Check as many boxes as apply) X private _ public-local -public-State - public-Federal Essex County, Massachusetts County and State (Check only one box) X building(s) _ district _ Site _ structure - object Vumber of Resources within Property Do not include previously listed resources in the count. Contributing Noncontributing 1 _building sites _ structures objects Total Name of related multiple property listing (Enter "N/A" if property is not part of a multiple property listing.) Iwentieth-Century Commercial Architecture: Ihe Diners of Massachusetts 6.

Function or Use Historic Functions (Enter categories from instructions) COMMERCE/TRADE/restaurant 1 Number of contributing resources previously listed in the National Register N/A Current Functions (Enter categories from instructions) COMMERCE/TRADE/restaurant. Z. Description Architectural Classificatior Enter categories from instructions) Other: New England Barrel Roof Diner Materials (Enter categories from instructions) foundation concrete walls vertical boards porcelain enamel rubber membrane roof other. Narrative Description (Describe the historic and current condition of the property on one or more continuation sheets.) Pat's Diner Name of Property 8. Statement of Significance

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Applicable National Register Criteria (Mark "x" in one or more boxes for the criteria qualifying the property for National Register listing.) X A Property is associated with events that have made a significant contribution to the broad patterns of our history. _ B Property is associated with the lives of persons significant in our past. X C Property embodies the distinctive characteristics of a type, period, or method of construction or represents the work of a master, or possesses high artistic values, or represents a significant and distinguishable entity whose components lack individual distinction. _D Property has yielded, or is likely to yield information important in prehistory or history. Criteria Considerations (Mark "x" in all the boxes that apply.) Property is: _A owned by religious institution or used for religious purposes. _ B removed from its original location.

_ C a birthplace or grave. _D a cemetery. _ E a reconstructed building, object, or structure. _ F a commemorative property. _ G less than 50 years of age or achieved significance within the past 50 years. Narrative Statement of Significance (Explain the significance of the property on one or more continuation sheets.) Essex County, Massachusetts County and State Areas of Significance (Enter categories from instructions) Architecture Commerce Period of Significance 1950-1951 Significant Dates N/A Significant Person (Complete if Criterion Bis marked above) N/A Cultural Affiliation N/A Architect/Builder Worcester Lunch Car Company 2.

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Major Bibliographical References (Cite the books, articles, and other sources used in preparing this form on one or more continuation sheets.) Previous documentation on file (NPS): Primary location of additional data: - preliminary determination of individual listing (36 X State Historic Preservation Office CFR 67) has been requested - Other State agency - previously listed in the National Register Federal agency - previously determined eligible by the National _ Local government Register - University - designated a National Historic Landmark Other - recorded by Historic American Buildings Survey Name of repository: # - recorded by Historic American Engineering Record # NPS Form 10-900-a (8-86) United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet Section number 7 Page 1 OMB No.

1024-0018 The Diners of Massachusetts MPS Pat's Diner Salisbury (Essex Co.), MA 7. Description Pat's Diner (formerly known as Ann's Diner), 9 Bridge Road, Salisbury (1950) was custom-built by the Worcester Lunch Car Company as diner #824. Located on U. S. Route 1, the diner is situated immediately east of the town common at Salisbury Square, the town center. The diner is set back from the street with parking in the front (west side). From the exterior, the diner retains the traditional barrel-roofed form for which the Worcester Lunch Car Company was best known. Pat's Diner is nine bays across and three bays deep on a concrete foundation, with a rubber membrane barrel roof. Original exterior cladding consisted of light blue porcelain enamel panels that read ANN'S DINER. New red porcelain enamel panels, bearing the name PAT'S DINER are currently in place.

Window jambs retain the original pale yellow porcelain enamel cladding. Originally, the factory-built diner apparently had two entries, one at the northern end (now occupied by heating and ventilating equipment on the exterior) and the other at the southern end. The southern entry retains the original steel door with sunburst motif. Both of the end entries have integral porches (i.e., beneath the overhang of the barrel roof). There is a later, off-center, boxed bay entrance on the façade, containing a standard swinging door with multi-pane glazing. Window openings contain single-hung steel sash in wood surrounds. Spanning the rear wall of the factory-built diner is a one-story, wood-frame, side-gable kitchen block. It has a concrete foundation, wood siding, and an asphalt shingle roof.

This rear block, which also contains restrooms, is a typical feature of post-World War Il diners, and its presence does not compromise the integrity of the prefabricated section. In contrast to the typical flat-roofed, concrete block construction of rear blocks on other post-World War Il diners in Massachusetts, the gabled wood-frame construction seen at the rear of this diner is a design solution with a regional flavor. Pat's Diner is highly unusual in Massachusetts for its plan. The southern two-thirds of the diner (the six right bays when viewed from the street) consists of the standard interior configuration with a counter and back bar, fourteen counter stools, and, lining the front (west) wall, four booths. At the northern end of the diner (the three left bays) is a dining room, separated from the counter area by wood and glass pocket doors.

The dining room has six booths total along the front and back walls. There is a cashier's station at the off-center entry, across from the counter. Doorways to the kitchen and the restrooms are paired on the back wall of the prefabricated diner, between the northern end of the counter and the dining room. The diner is remarkably well preserved on the interior. The prevalent color scheme is light blue and pale yellow. The barrel ceiling has a laminate finish with steel braces. Interior walls in the seating areas are finished in tile below the windows, with wood above the windows and in the diner's narrow ends. The patterned tile floor is two shades of blue. The marble counter has a tiled apron with steel accents, a tiled footrest, and steel stools painted black with black upholstered seats.

Booths throughout the diner are constructed of wood and are vinyl upholstered in the back insets and seats. Tables in the booths are wood with laminate tops trimmed in steel. In the back bar area, the walls are tiled, the steel hood over the back bar has a sunburst motif, and there are enameled iceboxes with wooden cabinets above. (continued) NPS Form 10-900-a (8-86) United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet Section number 1/8 Page 2/1 OMB No. 1024-0018 The Diners of Massachusetts MPS Pat's Diner Salisbury (Essex Co.), MA Archaeological Description While no ancient Native American resources are recorded on the diner property, it is possible that sites are present. Three ancient sites are recorded in the general area (within one mile).

Environmental characteristics of the property represent locational criteria (slope, soil drainage, distance to wetlands) that indicate the presence of Native sites. The liner is located on a well drained, level to moderately sloping glacial outwash plain in close proximity to wetland Estuarine wetlands associated with the Merrimack River and North Coastal drainage are located within 1,000 feet of th diner property to the southwest and northeast respectively. The presence of floral and faunal resources associated with both marine- and terrestrial-related ecosystems would have made this area an attractive location for Native American subsistence and settlement activities. Given the above information, the size of the parcel (3.5 acres) and the availability of open space, a high potential exists for locating ancient Native American resources on the diner property.

A low potential exists for locating significant historic archaeological resources on the nominated property. Historic period land use that predates the diner has not been identified for the property. Agricultural land use is expected for the area but has yet to be demonstrated. Any historic period resources that may have been located in the vicinity of the diner have been impacted by construction of the diner and its related utilities. (end) 8. Statement of Significance Pat's Diner (formerly known as Ann's Diner), Salisbury (1950) is highly significant in Massachusetts as a custom-built diner that combines the traditional barrel-roof diner floor plan with a separate dining room. Manufactured by the Worcester Lunch Car Company, the diner is an early example in Massachusetts of a post-World War II trend in the diner industry toward creating a restaurant ambience.

While Pat's Diner is one of two factory-built diners surviving in Salisbury, the other diner was not moved to the town until 1970. In view of this diner's architectural significance not only for its plan but the preservation of its interior finishes, the temporary plywood cladding on the exterior, as a reversible alteration, does not compromise the diner's historic integrity to any great degree. Retaining integrity of location, design, setting, materials (mostly on the interior), workmanship, feeling, and association, Pat's Diner meets Criteria A and C of the National Register at the local and state levels. The present diner, installed in the spring of 1950 just outside Salisbury Square, is the second diner in Salisbury historically associated with the diner business of James H. Evans and his wife, Ann Evans.

In 1948, the Evanses opened the first Ann's Diner, a monitor-roof diner with black porcelain enamel panels that was formerly known as the Arlington Diner in Haverhill. The Evanses moved the diner to Salisbury in the fall of 1948 and opened for business on January 17, 1949. The first diner was so successful that, to meet increased demand, they soon upgraded to a custom Worcester lunch car with a separate dining room. The second diner, now the present diner on the site, opened for business in April 1950. Historic photographs showing the original and present diners are displayed in the dining room of the diner today.

James and Ann Evans operated Ann's Diner together until 1955, at which point Ann Evans took over as sole proprietor (continued) NPS Form 10-900-a (8-86) United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet Section number 8 Page 2 OMB No. 1024-0018 The Diners of Massachusetts MPS Pat's Diner Salisbury (Essex Co.), MA until 1960. Subsequent owners over the next twenty or more years included George Fowler Jr. (from 1960 to 1970), Freddie Leboeuf (from 1970 to 1976), and Norman Brocklebam (from 1976 to 1987), under whose ownership the operation was known as Norm's Place. A wooden wall sign for Norm's Place is displayed in the diner today.

The diner was operated by Chris and Linda Poulin from 1987 to 1993, Luke Martel from 1993 to September 1995, and Marsha Mooers from October 1995 until about January 1997, when the diner was closed. In 1999, Pat Poulakos Archambault acquired the diner, which underwent some renovations in the summer of 1999 and reopened as Pat's Diner in August of Pat's Diner is very similar in its interior detailing to Wilson's Diner, 507 Main Street, Waltham (1949, NR 1999). Wilson's was diner #819 manufactured by the Worcester Lunch Car Company, one year before this diner. Like Wilson's, this diner is one of the later examples of a Worcester lunch car in Massachusetts, and suggests a desire on the part of the Evanses for the traditional diner form to house the business.

However, the separate, and original, dining room at the Salisbury diner is highly unusual for Massachusetts diners and therefore makes this resource one of the most significant diners in the state. With its original separate dining room, Pat's Diner is an early Massachusetts example of a post-World War II trend in the diner industry toward creating a restaurant ambience. After the war, diners began to promote themselves as places for a leisurely family meal. In the 1960s, this trend crystallized as the industry also sought to distinguish itself from the new fast food chains, which offered standardized quick meals at low prices. Pat's Diner is one of two prefabricated diners in Salisbury. The other is the Fish Tale Diner (1940, Worcester Lunch Car Company), located east of Bridge Street at Ring's Island overlooking the Merrimack River.

This diner, formerly part of the chain of Agawam Diners, was moved in 1947 from Ipswich to Rowley and moved again in 1970 to Salisbury. Archaeological Significance Since patterns of ancient Native American settlement in Salisbury are poorly understood, any surviving sites could be significant. While the Merrimack River drainage contains many communities with relatively high numbers of sites, site frequencies in Salisbury are conspicuously low. Underreporting is probably the single most important factor in the low number of ancient sites in the town. Native sites in the vicinity of the diner can help alleviate underreporting as a problem in our understanding of ancient settlement in this area.

Native sites in the vicinity of the diner may contribute important information that identifies how Native Americans adapted their subsistence and settlement systems to the rich environment of the Merrimack River estuary. Important information may also exist that documents how adaptation changed through time as sea level rose and the area changed from an inland riverine environment to a coastal environment. Information may exist that identifies the importance of the Merrimack River as a transportation corridor for material goods and ideas between sites located atthe confluence of the Merrimack River and the coast and more inland locations. (end) Pat's Diner Name of Property 10. Geographical Data Essex County, Massachusetts County and State Acreage of Property 3.5 acres UTM References (Place additional UTM references on a continuation sheet) 1.19 347910 Zone Easting 4744500 Northing 2.

Zone Northing Easting Verbal Boundary Description (Describe the boundaries of the property on a continuation sheet.) Boundary Justification (Explain why the boundaries were selected on a continuation sheet.) 3. Zone Easting 4. Zone Easting _ See continuation sheet 11. Form Prepared By name/title Kathleen Kelly Broomer, consultant, with Betsy Friedberg, NR Director, MHC organization Massachusetts Historical Commission date _October, 2003 street & number 220 Morrissey Boulevard telephone (617) 727-8470 city or town. Boston .stateMA zip code_ 02125 Additional Documentation Submit the following items with the completed form: Continuation Sheets Northing Northing A USGS map (7.5 or 15 minute series) indicating the property's location. A sketch map for historic districts and properties having large acreage or numerous resources.

Photographs Representative black and white photographs of the property. Additional items (Check with the SHPO or FPO for any additional items) Property Owner (Complete this item at the request of the SHPO or FPO.) name Patricia P. Archambault street & number. 11 Bridge Road telephone 978-465-3060 city or town Salisbury state_MA zip code. 01952 Paperwork Reduction Act Statement: This information is being collected for applications to the National Register of Historic Places to nominate properties for listing or determine eligibility for listing, to list properties, and to amend existing listings. Response to this request is required to obtain benefit in accordance with the National Historic Preservation Act, as amended (16 U.S.C.

470 et seq.) Estimated Burden Statement: Public reporting burden for this form is estimated to average 18.1 hours per response including the time for reviewing instructions, gathering and maintaining data, and completing and reviewing the form. Direct comments regarding this burden estimate or any aspect of this form to the Chief, Administrative Services Division, National Park Service, P.O. Box 37127, Washington, DC 20013-7127; and the Office of Management and Budget, Paperwork Reductions Project (1024-0018), Washington, DC 20503.NPS Form 10-900 1024-0018 (Rev. 10-90) NPS Form 10-900-a (8-86) United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet Section number 9/10 Page 1 OMB No. 1024-0018 The Diners of Massachusetts MPS Pat's Diner Salisbury (Essex Co.), MA 9.

Major Bibliographical References Garbin, Randolph and Gary Thomas. "Diner to Diner: Diner School. The Agawam Diner." Roadside Online (www.roadsidemagazine.com), Coffee Cup Publications, 1998. Gutman, Richard J. S. American Diner Then and Now. New York: Harper Collins Publishers, 1993. Interview with diner historian Richard Gutman (see also below), November 23, 1998. Menu for Pat's Diner (historical data) and interview with Pat Archambault, August 28, 1999. (end) 10. Geographical Data Verbal Boundary Description The boundary of the nominated property is shown on the accompanying detail of the Town of Salisbury assessors' map. Boundary Justification The boundary includes the entire parcel that has been historically associated with the diner.

(end) UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR NATIONAL PARK SERVICE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES EVALUATION/RETURN SHEET REQUESTED ACTION: NOMINATION PROPERTY NAME: Ann's Diner MULTIPLE NAME: Diners of Massachusetts MPS STATE & COUNTY:MASSACHUSETTS, Essex DATE RECEIVED: DATE OF 16TH DAY: DATE OF WEEKLY LIST: 10/30/03 12/05/03 REFERENCE NUMBER: 03001264 DATE OF PENDING LIST: 11/19/03 DATE OF 45TH DAY: 12/14/03 REASONS FOR REVIEW: APPEAL: N DATA PROBLEM: N LANDSCAPE: N LESS THAN 50 YEARS: PDIL: PERIOD: PROGRAM UNAPPROVED: REQUEST: N SAMPLE: N SLR DRAFT: N NATIONAL: COMMENT WAIVER: N LACCEPT RETURN REJECT ABSTRACT/SUMMARY COMMENTS : N N Entered in the National Begister RECOM./CRITERIA REVIEWER TELEPHONE DISCIPLINE DATE DOCUMENTATION see attached comments Y/N attached SLR Y/N Diners of mass.

MPS Pat's Diner (formerly Aun's Diner) 9 Bridge Road Salislury, Essex Countg, Mass. KKBroomer NGg: mHC September 2001 PAP Photo 1of2 16 PAPI PAPI Piners of mass. MPS Pat's Diner (formerly Ann's Diner) 9Bridge Road salisbury, ESSAx County, Mass. KKBroomer Neg: MHC September 2001 Khoto 2 of2 4 The Commonwealth of Massachusetts William Francis Galvin, Secretary of the CommonwealtCT 3 V 2003 Massachusetts Historical Commission RECEIVED 2280 ICPLACES October 29, 2003 Ms. Carol Shull National Register of Historic Places Department of the Interior National Park Service 1201 Eye Street, NW, 8"* floor Washington, DC 20005 Dear Ms.

Shull: Enclosed please find the following nomination form: Pat's Diner, 11 Bridge Street, Salisbury (Essex), MA (The Diners of Massachusetts MPS) The nomination has been voted eligible by the State Review Board and has been signed by the State Historic Preservation Officer. The owners of the property were notified of pending State Review Board consideration 30 to 45 days before the meeting and were afforded the opportunity to comment. Sincerely, Betry tredherg Betsy Friedberg National Register Director Massachusetts Historical Commission Enclosure CC: Kathleen Kelly Broomer, consultant Carolyn Sargent, Salisbury Historical Commission Patricia Archambault Lisa Pearson, Planning Office Ed Hunt, Board of Selectmen 220 Morrissey Boulevard, Boston, Massachusetts 02125 (617) 727-8470 - Fax: (617) 727-5128 www.state.ma.us/sec/mhc