Royal Dairy
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Yamafuji Japanese Restaurant (Royal Dairy)
1947. 241 Chester St.
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(Photograph by D Hughes) -
(Photograph by D Hughes)
Until it closed in 2007, Royal Dairy served thousands of gallons of ice cream to residents and tourists. During the mid-twentieth century many dairies in dairy-rich regions of Virginia operated restaurants specializing in ice cream treats, but most have disappeared. The one-story combination restaurant and former dairy-processing plant is a sleek Moderne building faced with glazed cream-colored tiles and yellow brick courses. Glass blocks frame the central entrance. The building's clean, streamlined image and popular milk shakes made the former Royal Dairy a local landmark.
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Location: Front Royal, VirginiaRegional Overviews:Styles:
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Anne Carter Lee, "Yamafuji Japanese Restaurant (Royal Dairy)", [Front Royal, Virginia], SAH Archipedia, eds. Gabrielle Esperdy and Karen Kingsley, Charlottesville: UVaP, 2012—, http://sah-archipedia.org/buildings/VA-02-WR10.
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Buildings of Virginia: Valley, Piedmont, Southside, and Southwest, Anne Carter Lee and contributors. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 2015, 65-65.
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