The Coffee Pot (Bedford, Pennsylvania)
Coffee Pot, The | |
Location | Bedford Township, Bedford County, Pennsylvania |
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Coordinates | 40°1′24″N 78°31′0″W / 40.02333°N 78.51667°W |
Built | 1927 |
Architectural style | Other |
NRHP reference No. | 05000097 |
Added to NRHP | February 24, 2005[1] |
The Coffee Pot in Bedford, Pennsylvania is an example of novelty architecture. The lunch stand was built in the shape of a coffee pot by David Koontz in 1927. It was threatened with demolition in the 1990s, but in 2004 was moved across the street and restored.[2]
See also
- The Coffee Pot (Roanoke, Virginia), 1936 roadhouse in the shape of a coffee pot
References
External links
- Historic American Engineering Record (HAER) No. PA-601, "Bedford Coffee Pot, Bedford, Bedford County, PA", 4 photos, 1 photo caption page
- An eating place near the Greyhound bus stop by Esther Bubley, Sept. 1943 for U.S. Farm Security Administration/Office of War Information.
Categories:
- Commercial buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania
- Historic American Engineering Record in Pennsylvania
- Novelty buildings in Pennsylvania
- Roadside attractions in Pennsylvania
- Commercial buildings completed in 1927
- Buildings and structures in Bedford County, Pennsylvania
- Tourist attractions in Bedford County, Pennsylvania
- Coffee culture
- National Register of Historic Places in Bedford County, Pennsylvania
- 1927 establishments in Pennsylvania
- Western Pennsylvania Registered Historic Place stubs