Built in 1948, the Triangle Diner, located in Winchester on its original lot, has preserved most of the Moderne architectural features that are representative of the stainless-steel prefabricated diners of the post-World War II era. It was manufactured by Jerry O’Mahony, Inc. of Elizabeth, New Jersey, one of the most significant diner manufacturing companies of all time and the company that inspired copycat diner designs throughout the 1950s. The Triangle Diner is the older of only two stainless-steel O’Mahony diners known to exist in Virginia. The building was listed in the registers under the Diners of Virginia Multiple Property Document.
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Abbreviations:
VLR: Virginia Landmarks Register
NPS: National Park Service
NRHP: National Register of Historic Places
NHL: National Historic Landmark
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DHR has secured permanent legal protection for over 700 historic places - including 15,000 acres of battlefield lands
DHR has erected 2,532 highway markers in every county and city across Virginia
DHR has registered more than 3,317 individual resources and 613 historic districts
DHR has engaged over 450 students in 3 highway marker contests
DHR has stimulated more than $4.2 billion dollars in private investments related to historic tax credit incentives, revitalizing communities of all sizes throughout Virginia