Walter's Hot Dog Stand Explained

Walters Hot Dog Stand
Location:	937 Palmer Ave, Mamaroneck, New York
Coordinates:	40.9431°N -73.7469°W
Built:	1928
Architecture:	Roadside Architecture
Added:	June 11, 2010
Refnum:	10000338
Designated Other1:	New York State Register of Historic Places
Designated Other1 Num Position:	bottom
Designated Other1 Number:	11946.000255
Designated Other1 Abbr:	NYSRHP
Designated Other1 Date:	April 26, 2010

Walter's Hot Dog Stand is a National Register of Historic Places designated landmark located in Mamaroneck in Westchester County, New York.

History

Walter's is a family business founded in 1919 by Walter Warrington in Mamaroneck, NY. His first stand, on Boston Post Road, was in front of Skinner's Floral shop near the-then Central School (now Town of Mamaroneck offices). He sold cider and apples from an orchard he had purchased on Quaker Ridge.

Later, Walter moved south on Post Road, in Shepard's Field (approximately where Richbell Road now meets Post Road). It was here that he began selling his unique brand of hot dogs, blended from beef, pork, and veal, with the wieners split-grilled. At Shepard's Field Walter constructed a cider press to make apple cider.

There were blueprints for a stand to be built on an adjacent property on Post Road that would include a residence on the second floor. The property was, however, condemned by the School Board; a junior high school was built in 1926 (now a campus of Mamaroneck High). In 1928 he purchased the property at 937 Palmer Avenue, where his then-new pagoda has been since. The shop was closed for renovations for several months in 2014.^{[1] [2]}

The Palmer Avenue building has a pagoda-style copper roof, now oxidized to a light green, and dragon lanterns. It is an example of roadside architecture.^[3]

Walter's son Eugene, who owned the business for over 60 years, died in 2017.^[4]

Acclaim

The stand has been featured in the New York Times;^[5] and on CBS News Sunday Morning in 2003.^[6]

In 2010 it was listed on the National Register of Historic Places.^[7]

In 2015, The Daily Meal ranked Walter's Hot Dogs #13 in America's 75 Best Hot Dogs

See also

• National Register of Historic Places listings in southern Westchester County, New York

Sources

• "The Artful Hot Dog" by Fred Ferretti. The New York Times. August 12, 1979.
• "Fast Food: The Little Spots" by Lynne Ames. The New York Times. August 14, 1977

External links

• Official website
• Walter’s Hot Dogs Turns 85
• Zagat.com review

Notes and References

1. News: Reddicliffe . Steve . 2014-06-07 . No More 'Banging on the Shutters' . en-US . The New York Times . 2022-12-10 . 0362-4331.
2. News: McCaffrey . Megan . May 2, 2014 . The wait is over: Walter's Hot Dog Stand returns . Poughkeepsie Journal .
3. Web site: National Register of Historic Places Registration: Walter's Hot Dog Stand. April 2010. 2011-10-03 . Peter D. Shaver. New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. See also: Web site: Accompanying eight photos.
4. News: August 27, 2017 . Walter's Hot Dogs owner dies at age 95 . News 12 . Bronx, New York . December 9, 2022.
5. https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9403E6DB1E3EF930A3575AC0A9609C8B63&sec=&spon= "Quick Bite/Mamaroneck: This Is No Street Corner Hot Dog" The New York Times, September 3, 2006
6. http://www.cbspressexpress.com/div.php/cbs_network/release?id=4330 CBS Television Network Releases: Listings for "CBS News Sunday Morning' for July 6, 2003
7. Web site: Walter's Hot Dog Stand . June 18, 2010 . . National Register number 10000338.