Building Shaped Like a Coffee Pot
Buena Vista - Lexington, Virginia
On Highway 60 between Lexington and Buena Vista, a building that almost looks like a coffee pot sits on a the right side of a curving grade. The two-story corrugated metal structure qualifies as coffee-related by virtue of its roundness and the attached spout and handle.
Ellen Bryant shed some light on the origins of the big pot. Her grandfather's brother Kenneth Wills built the coffee pot in the late 1950s (the family usually referred to it as a teapot). "He operated it as a restaurant for a long time, until he moved his family to Virginia Beach. Kenneth Wills died in 1964 from a heart attack. His wife still resides in Virginia Beach."
The coffee pot has been inhabited by a succession of business; in the 1990s a vacation canoe rental operated from there. In 2007 the building remained closed, and hard to photograph due to the road curve and traffic. But the distinctive coffee pot elements are still visible.
Also see: Big Coffee
Building Shaped Like a Coffee Pot
- Address:
- 1870 East Midland Trail, Buena Vista - Lexington, VA [Show Map]
- Directions:
- On US 60 about a mile east of I-81 exit 188.
- Hours:
- Closed but visible
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