American Diner floor plan & history
The American Diner was manufactured by the
Jerry O'Mahony Co. in approximately 1938. According to building records in
Cleveland, Ohio it replaced the outdated #1 "diner car" (as seen
below) of
the "All American Diner System" chain which started operations
in 1929 . In 1937 the chain changed it's name to "American Diners Inc.".
The new diner became the operation's flagship (of six diners in 1937)
located at 7103 Euclid Avenue. Building records show the diner was
installed on Euclid Ave. in 1941. A John Dessinger was the owner of
the chain at that time and his supervisor was Kennith King.Mr. King operated the "flagship" diner for a number of years (and met his bride to be there). Mr. King later purchased one of the restaurants and had renown career in the industry with his own chain of Kenny Kings restaurants. In 1946 American Diners Inc. was sold to Walter Maruschat, manager of the restaurants at that time. The chain then became known as "Walter's American Diner Co.". By 1955 Mr. Maruschat had other more demanding projects and he sold the diner to a Mr. Carpenter who was a regular customer at the diner. In 1958 it was listed as Carpenter's Dinet. It didn't last long under Mr. Carpenter's ownership and was sold to a family who moved the diner to Pennsylvania (by train!). |
