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Skee's Diner
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Skee's Diner is located in Connecticut
Location: 589 Main St., Torrington, Connecticut
Coordinates: 41°48′45″N 73°7′21″W / 41.8125°N 73.1225°W / 41.8125; -73.1225Coordinates: 41°48′45″N 73°7′21″W / 41.8125°N 73.1225°W / 41.8125; -73.1225
Area: 0.9 acres (0.36 ha)
Built/Founded: 1944
Architect: Jerry O'Mahony, Inc.
Architectural style(s): Diner
Governing body: Private
Added to NRHP: September 06, 2002
NRHP Reference#: 02000912[1]

Skee's Diner, in Torrington, Connecticut, is a barrel-roofed diner, prominently located at Main and Elm. It has operated as Jude's Place and by other names.

By its design, it is estimated to have been manufactured around 1920. It was moved into place in Torrington in 1944, escaping a war-time moratorium on new construction.[2]

References

  1. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2009-03-13. http://www.nr.nps.gov/. 
  2. ^ Susan Chandler, Mark McEachern, and Dan Zilka (March 21, 2002). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination: Skee's Diner". National Park Service. http://pdfhost.focus.nps.gov/docs/NRHP/Text/02000912.pdf.  and Accompanying four photos, exterior and interior, from 1984 and 2002 (captions at p. 15 in text document
U.S. National Register of Historic Places







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