On This Date in Minnesota History: February 24

February 24, 1983 – Downtown St. Paul icon, Mickey’s Diner, was put on the Nation Register of Historic Places on this date. “The only known dining car of its type to survive in Minnesota, it was prefabricated [in 1937] in New Jersey, shipped to St. Paul by rail and installed in the heart of downtown.”
 
“Inspired by streamlined railroad dining cars, Mickey’s sports a symmetrical facade clad with yellow and red porcelain steel panels, a horizontal band of plate glass windows and a projecting neon sign with Art Deco lettering. The interior of the diner features stainless steel, mahogany and mirrored fixtures. A glass vestibule, added when the diner was installed, protects patrons from harsh Minnesota winters.”

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Photo taken by Pamela J. Erickson. Released into the public domain Feb. 24, 2015,
as long as acknowledgement included.