{"nrhp_refnum":"10000338","name":"Walter's Hot Dog Stand","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"937 Palmer Ave","address_restricted":false,"city":"Mamaroneck","county":"Westchester County","state":"NY","lat":40.945168386000034,"lon":-73.74685742099996,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2010-06-11","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Commerce"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A one-story roadside hot dog stand at 937 Palmer Avenue in Mamaroneck, Westchester County, New York, built in 1928 for Walter Harrington to an unknown architect's design, with a pagoda-style copper roof. The listing also includes a large frame multi-family residence at the rear of the lot.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the stand is an outstanding example of roadside architecture in New York State (Criterion C). It is also a landmark culinary and cultural institution in Mamaroneck (Criterion A), operated continuously by the Harrington family since opening. Its fanciful design was meant to attract passing motorists, and few comparable pagoda-style buildings were found in state files.","narrative":"Walter's Hot Dog Stand is a one-story roadside restaurant on Palmer Avenue in Mamaroneck, built in 1928 for Walter Harrington across from Mamaroneck High School. Its steeply pitched hip roof is clad in copper tiles and topped with Chinese-inspired ornament, including curving dragons at the corners, hanging lanterns and a decorative ridge crest with stylized carp. Harrington began by selling apples and cider, then added hot dogs made from his own recipe, split and grilled, and moved several times before building on this site. A cider press platform and basement storage remain at the north side. The lot also holds a large frame residence associated with the family. The property was listed for two reasons. It is an outstanding example of roadside architecture, designed to catch the eye of passing motorists, and few similar pagoda-style buildings were found in state files. It is also a long-running local landmark, operated by the Harrington family since it opened, with a period of significance of 1928 to 1960.","period_of_significance":"1928-1960","architect_builder":"Architect unknown; contractor reportedly Jim Mullens of Ortiz and Mullins, Mamaroneck","architectural_style":"Other: Roadside Architecture","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Still in use as a restaurant, operated by the Harrington family; the exterior retains a high degree of integrity and the interior a lesser degree.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:50:48.476442-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/10000338.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/10000338/5005f47929-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/10000338/5005f47929-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"J. Van Meter","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:WaltersHotDog2005.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">J. Van Meter</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:WaltersHotDog2005.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75323287","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter%27s_Hot_Dog_Stand","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7964102"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/westchester-county/walters-hot-dog-stand-10000338/"}