The Fred Gottschalk Grocery Store is a historic grocery store building located at 301 West Edwards Street in Springfield, Illinois. Fred Gottschalk opened his first store at the site in 1887; he built the present building in 1898. The brick building has a Commercial style design with a cast iron storefront and a corbelled cornice. The store, one of several groceries in the area, served many of Springfield's prominent politicians and their families; it also allowed its customers to purchase goods by telephone. Gottschalk and his son Arthur ran the store until 1971; the building is now one of the few surviving neighborhood groceries in Springfield.[2]
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| Location | 301 W. Edwards St., Springfield, Illinois |
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| Coordinates | 39°47′47″N 89°39′28″W / 39.79639°N 89.65778°W |
| Area | 0.1 acres (0.040 ha) |
| Built | 1898 |
| Architectural style | Commercial Style |
| NRHP reference No. | 85000607[1] |
| Added to NRHP | March 18, 1985 |
The store was added to the National Register of Historic Places on March 18, 1985.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ Kirchner, Charles (July 7, 1984). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory - Nomination Form: Fred Gottschalk's Grocery Store" (PDF). Illinois Historic Preservation Agency. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 4, 2016. Retrieved December 15, 2014.