Fred Gottschalk Grocery Store
- Year
- 1898
- Style
- Chicago School
- City
- Springfield, IL
Fred Gottschalk opened his first store on this site in 1887 and built the present brick building at 301 West Edwards Street in 1898. It served many of Springfield's prominent politicians and their families and let customers order goods by telephone. Gottschalk and his son Arthur ran the store until 1971, and it was added to the National Register of Historic Places on March 18, 1985.
the building
Commercial-style storefront. The building has a Commercial style design with a cast iron storefront and a corbelled cornice, characteristic of the Chicago School's treatment of small commercial blocks.
the style
Chicago School (c. 1880–1910): The first skyscrapers: steel frames shown as honest grids, huge three-part windows, ornament saved for base and top.
More on Chicago Schoolsignificance
The store was added to the National Register of Historic Places on March 18, 1985, and is now one of the few surviving neighborhood groceries in Springfield.
nearby
- Illinois State Capitol
- Cathedral Church of St. Paul
- Bell Miller Apartments
- Jennings Ford Automobile Dealership
- Dana-Thomas House
- Clarkson W. Freeman House