"Silver Castle, or the Silver Castle Lunch System, was founded by Ike [Parkey] and Partner James W. McCollum. The name Silver Castle came from the extensive amount of chrome and tin décor that set the diners apart from their surroundings – with a little inspiration from the White Castle diners that had recently opened in Wichita, Kansas.

“The first location at 15th and Peoria opened on April 26, 1936 and operated twenty-four hours a day."

It seems there were eventually nine locations in the Tulsa area plus additional restaurants in Texas, Kansas and Missouri. The last was torn down in 1983.

Source: Lost Restaurants of Tulsa, by Rhys A. Martin. Click here to view online.

We have two versions of this design, both on the Erwin pattern but one on a Glo-Tan clay body and one on white.

This design is part of a sample plate designed by Paul Mattson.