Here’s a recent find by Mike Engle. It’s located on Route 2 in Erving, MA. Does anyone know anything about this place? Any historic photos showing what it looked like in its glory days?
It’s located at the corner of North St. and Route 2.
Here are some additional photos from the past couple of years.
UPDATE:
Real Estate Listing
7A W Main St, Erving, MA
roof…windows…electrical…plumbing…heating…insulation…flooring…etc. First floor commercial space suitable for any number of uses. Seller will complete to suit for your specific use. Lots of on site parking with a municipal parking lot across the street. Pizza Parlor? Sports Bar? Professional Office? Plant your business here and watch it grow. MLS# 71113008.
Property Features
Market StatusAvailable
Property TypeCommercial Property
Year Built1948
Stories 1.0
Approx. Lot Size0.31 Acres
Sq. Feet1,000
Legal/Financial
Taxes: 2079
Last UpdatedSeptember 24, 2010
It looks like it may have formerly been home to a restaurant called the Buck Run.
Another real estate listing.
Diner Hunter 
I’ve driven up that road a hundred times and never noticed this place. I’d guess it was built oin site.
I found bits and pieces about this location on the internet. They are as follows –
It began as a gas station in the 1940’s, but has long been home to restaurants, including Stacia’s Hilltop Restaurant, the Starlite Diner, then the Smokin Hippo. The Hippo opened as a barbeque place in 02/06 only to close in 12/07.
I found the former Smokin’ Hippo/Starlite Diner, but it’s a good five and a half miles down the road from the place in question.
http://maps.google.ca/maps?hl=en&rlz=1C1_____enUS386US386&q=20%20French%20King%20Highway%20(Route%202%20)Erving,%20MA&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=wl
One of those photos shows the roof as a shed roof (when it was getting redone). I know this place now, but that barrel roof is new.