Walter's Hot Dog Stand

{{short description|Historic commercial building in New York, United States}}

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| location = 937 Palmer Ave, Mamaroneck, New York

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| built = 1928

| architect =

| architecture = Roadside Architecture

| added = June 11, 2010

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| designated_other1 = New York State Register of Historic Places

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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.{{Cite news |last=Reddicliffe |first=Steve |date=2014-06-07 |title=No More 'Banging on the Shutters' |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/06/08/nyregion/walters-in-mamaroneck-reopens-its-hot-dog-stand.html |access-date=2022-12-10 |issn=0362-4331}}{{Cite news |last=McCaffrey |first=Megan |date=May 2, 2014 |title=The wait is over: Walter's Hot Dog Stand returns |work=Poughkeepsie Journal |url=https://www.poughkeepsiejournal.com/story/news/2014/05/02/wait-walters-hot-dog-stand-returns/8640993/}}

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.{{cite web|url=http://www.oprhp.state.ny.us/hpimaging/hp_view.asp?GroupView=103429|title=National Register of Historic Places Registration: Walter's Hot Dog Stand|date=April 2010|accessdate=2011-10-03 |author= Peter D. Shaver|publisher=New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation}} See also: {{cite web|url=http://www.oprhp.state.ny.us/hpimaging/hp_view.asp?GroupView=103275|title=Accompanying eight photos}}

Walter's son Eugene, who owned the business for over 60 years, died in 2017.{{Cite news |date=August 27, 2017 |title=Walter's Hot Dogs owner dies at age 95 |work=News 12 |location=Bronx, New York |url=https://bronx.news12.com/walters-hot-dogs-owner-dies-at-age-95-36227253 |access-date=December 9, 2022}}

Acclaim

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

In 2010 it was listed on the National Register of Historic Places.{{cite web |date= |title=Walter's Hot Dog Stand |url=https://www.nps.gov/places/walter-s-hot-dog-stand.htm |accessdate=June 18, 2010 |publisher=National Park Service |id=National Register number 10000338}}

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

References

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

{{commons category|Walter's Hot Dog Stand (Mamaroneck, New York)}}

[http://www.waltershotdogs.com Official website]
[http://www.larchmontgazette.com/2004/articles/20040826walters.html Walter’s Hot Dogs Turns 85]
[http://www.zagat.com/Verticals/PropertyDetails.aspx?VID=8&R=46065 Zagat.com review]

Category:Mamaroneck, New York

Category:Restaurants in New York (state)

Category:Hot dog restaurants in the United States

Category:Commercial buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in New York (state)