{"nrhp_refnum":"00001286","name":"Corner Lunch","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"133 Lamartine St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Worcester","county":"Worcester County","state":"MA","lat":41.80306305900007,"lon":-71.78579152799995,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2000-11-15","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Commerce"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A stainless steel sectional diner at 133 Lamartine Street in Worcester, Massachusetts, built about 1955 by DeRaffele Diners of New Rochelle, New York, and remodeled and moved to Worcester in 1968 by the Musi Dining Car Company.","why_significant":"It is an important example of a remodeled sectional stainless steel diner in Massachusetts, showing a remodeling option made possible by sectional construction. It is reportedly the only example of Musi's work in New England and has the largest seating capacity of any diner in Worcester. It also reflects the growth of a family business from a corner lunchroom and store into a restaurant.","narrative":"Corner Lunch is a stainless steel diner on a small corner lot at 133 Lamartine Street in Worcester. Built around 1955 by DeRaffele Diners of New Rochelle, New York, it originally stood in Babylon, Long Island. In 1968 the Musi Dining Car Company of Carteret, New Jersey, bought it, remodeled it and reassembled it in Worcester. Because the diner was built in sections, Musi removed the leftmost section and reattached it at the rear as a kitchen. The exterior has green porcelain enamel bands, fluted steel trim and a rooftop neon sign, and the interior keeps a sixteen-stool counter, booths and terrazzo floors. It has the largest seating capacity of any diner in the city and is reportedly the only Musi project in New England. The diner is also tied to the Efstathiou family, whose business grew from a corner lunchroom and store on the site into a full restaurant. Its listing rests on architecture and commerce, with significance dated from the 1968 remodeling and move.","period_of_significance":"1968-ca. 1970","architect_builder":"DeRaffele Diners (New Rochelle, NY); Musi Dining Car Co. (Carteret, NJ)","architectural_style":"Other: stainless steel diner","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Still in use as a restaurant; the form lists restaurant as both historic and current function. Retains integrity of design, setting, materials, workmanship, feeling and association.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:13:03.799962-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/84/7931/63793184/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_MA/00001286.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/00001286/2d8ecd11f8-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/00001286/2d8ecd11f8-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Improbcat","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Corner_lunch.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Improbcat</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Corner_lunch.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/63793184","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marvin%27s_Corner_Lunch_Diner","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5171612"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/massachusetts/worcester-county/corner-lunch-00001286/"}