The Skillet Restaurant sign and parking lot, South Bend, Indiana, 1963

Description: The restaurant opened in 1960 as the McKinley House on McKinley Avenue just east of Ironwood, but was renamed the Skillet by early 1963 when Don Murphy was proprietor. The view looks southeast and the house in the background is located on 2303 Club Drive. This photo is timestamped Jun 63. [See ia-0184-0484 for a color version of this sign.]According to local newspapers, in 1961 and 1962 there was a zoning dispute over this parking lot. Neighbors in the newly developed Swanson Park subdivision objected to its location in a residential neighborhood. The restaurant building had originally housed the Swanson real estate office.
Origin: 1963
Source: http://indianaalbum.pastperfectonline.com/photo/FC3B2C04-F8EC-4D9B-A57B-507328451175
Collection: Indiana Album
Rights: http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/
Geography: 2212 McKinley Avenue, South Bend, St. Joseph County, Indiana, United States
41.680077,-86.215345
Subjects: Johnson Brothers Sign Company Collection
Electric signs
Restaurants
South Bend (Ind.)
St. Joseph County (Ind.)
Swanson Park Neighborhood (South Bend, Ind.)

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