The Coffee Pot (Bedford, Pennsylvania) Explained

The Coffee Pot
Coordinates:	40.0233°N -78.5167°W
Built:	1927
Added:	February 24, 2005
Refnum:	05000097

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.^[1] It currently serves as a gift shop.^[2]

See also

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

External links

• • An eating place near the Greyhound bus stop by Esther Bubley, Sept. 1943 for U.S. Farm Security Administration/Office of War Information.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Visiting the Giant Bedford Coffee Pot Along the Lincoln Highway. 8 April 2021.
2. Web site: The Coffee Pot Bedford, Pa. 28 June 2017.