The Lawrence Park Dinor was manufactured by Silk City Diners, a division of the Patterson Vehicle Company, in Paterson, New Jersey.

Its exterior is a white, porcelain enamel with a fluted, stainless steel band "sandwiched by two narrow strips of blue".

[3] The building's two entrances, one at the end of the diner and another at its middle, are both fronted by stainless steel doors, each with a large, oval window.

As the majority of people in Lawrence Park were employed by General Electric 1⁄2 mile (0.8 km) from the diner, a fast and inexpensive eating establishment was in demand.

[5] The unusual spelling of "dinor" is found only in northwestern Pennsylvania and its origin is speculated to have been a typographical error that was never corrected, or a variant derived from the German language.