Chadwick Square Diner
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Chadwick Square Diner or Worcester Lunch Car Company Diner #660 or Ralph's Chadwick Square Diner is a historic diner
at 95 Prescott Street (rear) in Worcester, Massachusetts
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It was built by Worcester Lunch Car Company
and added to the National Register of Historic Places
in 2003. The Chadwick Square Diner was built for the original owners, Robert and Mamie Gilhooly of Worcester. The neon "G" on the front of the diner stands for Gilhooly and hopefully will always remain there in their honor. It was first located in the Chadwick Square section of Worcester and was a popular place for many of Bob's Worcester police officer friends to frequent. After Bob's passing, it was purchased by Bob's cousin Mary Ryan Clingen and her husband James Clingen of Cherry Valley, before it was moved near to the Worcester Leicester line. It was purchased so Mary and Jim's son-in-law and daughter, Ralph and Eileen Dryden could run it. After many years of making payments to the Clingens, the diner was finally paid in full by Ralph, just before he and Eileen divorced. It was later sold to Ralph Moberly and moved to its present location.
Diner
A diner, also spelled dinor in western Pennsylvania is a prefabricated restaurant building characteristic of North America, especially in the Midwest, in New York City, in Pennsylvania and in New Jersey, and in other areas of the Northeastern United States, although examples can be found throughout...
at 95 Prescott Street (rear) in Worcester, Massachusetts
Worcester, Massachusetts
Worcester is a city and the county seat of Worcester County, Massachusetts, United States. Named after Worcester, England, as of the 2010 Census the city's population is 181,045, making it the second largest city in New England after Boston....
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It was built by Worcester Lunch Car Company
Worcester Lunch Car Company
Worcester Lunch Car Company was a large manufacturer of historic diners based in Worcester, Massachusetts from 1906 to 1957.-History:Philip H. Duprey founded the company in 1906 as the Worcester Lunch Car and Carriage Manufacturing Company. It was named for Worcester, Massachusetts, where the...
and added to the National Register of Historic Places
National Register of Historic Places
The National Register of Historic Places is the United States government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects deemed worthy of preservation...
in 2003. The Chadwick Square Diner was built for the original owners, Robert and Mamie Gilhooly of Worcester. The neon "G" on the front of the diner stands for Gilhooly and hopefully will always remain there in their honor. It was first located in the Chadwick Square section of Worcester and was a popular place for many of Bob's Worcester police officer friends to frequent. After Bob's passing, it was purchased by Bob's cousin Mary Ryan Clingen and her husband James Clingen of Cherry Valley, before it was moved near to the Worcester Leicester line. It was purchased so Mary and Jim's son-in-law and daughter, Ralph and Eileen Dryden could run it. After many years of making payments to the Clingens, the diner was finally paid in full by Ralph, just before he and Eileen divorced. It was later sold to Ralph Moberly and moved to its present location.