The Coffee Pot (Bedford, Pennsylvania)

The Coffee Pot
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
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Location	Bedford Township, Pennsylvania
Coordinates	40°1′24″N78°31′0″W / 40.02333°N 78.51667°W / 40.02333; -78.51667
Built	1927
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] It currently serves as a gift shop. ^[3]

See also

• The Coffee Pot (Roanoke, Virginia), 1936 roadhouse in the shape of a coffee pot

References

1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
2. "Visiting the Giant Bedford Coffee Pot Along the Lincoln Highway". April 8, 2021.
3. "The Coffee Pot Bedford, Pa". June 28, 2017.

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.