Fred Gottschalk Grocery Store

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]

Fred Gottschalk Grocery Store
Fred Gottschalk Grocery Store is located in Illinois
Fred Gottschalk Grocery Store
Fred Gottschalk Grocery Store is located in the United States
Fred Gottschalk Grocery Store
Location301 W. Edwards St., Springfield, Illinois
Coordinates39°47′47″N 89°39′28″W / 39.79639°N 89.65778°W / 39.79639; -89.65778
Area0.1 acres (0.040 ha)
Built1898 (1898)
Architectural styleCommercial Style
NRHP reference No.85000607[1]
Added to NRHPMarch 18, 1985

The store was added to the National Register of Historic Places on March 18, 1985.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ 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.