Bill's Diner

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Location1 Depot St., Chatham, Virginia
Coordinates36°49′30″N 79°23′55″W / 36.82500°N 79.39861°W / 36.82500; -79.39861
AreaLess than 1 acre (0.40 ha)
Built1937 (1937)
Bill's Diner
Site of the diner
Bill's Diner is located in Virginia
Bill's Diner
Bill's Diner is located in the United States
Bill's Diner
Location1 Depot St., Chatham, Virginia
Coordinates36°49′30″N 79°23′55″W / 36.82500°N 79.39861°W / 36.82500; -79.39861
AreaLess than 1 acre (0.40 ha)
Built1937 (1937)
MPSDiners of Virginia MPS
NRHP reference No.96001450[1]
VLR No.187-0014
Significant dates
Added to NRHPDecember 16, 1996
Designated VLRJune 19, 1996[2]

Bill's Diner, also known as A Streetcar Named Desire, is a historic converted streetcar diner located at Chatham in Pittsylvania County, Virginia. It was built in the mid-1920s, and used as a streetcar in Reidsville, North Carolina. It was brought to Chatham in 1937, and converted for use as a diner. A rear addition was added in the 1950s.[3]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1996.[1]

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