The Coffee Pot
In 2000, we stopped in Bedford, PA to see the famous Coffee Pot that was along the Lincoln Highway. It was in sad shape, with a bulldozer parked precariously nearby.
I heard that an effort to save the Coffee Pot had succeeded, and we visited it in its new location a few years ago. Last Thursday, we stayed in Bedford on our way to Michigan and stopped by on Friday morning to say hello and snap some photos.
In early 2000, before I saw the coffee pot, I wrote a paper about “Duck Architecture” (The Development and Preservation of Signature Architecture in America can be found in PDF form here), and things were looking bleak for these roadside icons. I’m glad to see that the Coffee Pot is doing so well.
Here is someone else who is very interested in Roadside Architecture and has a great website documenting all different types of buildings. And here is her page on the Coffee Pot.
PS: I guess now is the time to confess that I have started drinking coffee again. It’s been a week, and not every day, but today, I bought freshly roasted shade-grown beans and a pint of half and half. Oh help.