Fred Gottschalk Grocery Store

Fred Gottschalk Grocery Store
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
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Location	301 W. Edwards St., Springfield, Illinois
Coordinates	39°47′47″N 89°39′28″W / 39.79639°N 89.65778°W / 39.79639; -89.65778Coordinates: 39°47′47″N 89°39′28″W / 39.79639°N 89.65778°W / 39.79639; -89.65778
Area	0.1 acres (0.040 ha)
Built	1898 (1898)
Architectural style	Commercial Style
NRHP Reference #	85000607[1]
Added to NRHP	March 18, 1985

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]

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

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