{"nrhp_refnum":"85000607","name":"Gottschalk, Fred, Grocery Store","other_names":["Boone's Saloon"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"301 W. Edwards St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Springfield","county":"Sangamon County","state":"IL","lat":39.79654158200003,"lon":-89.65787751599999,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1985-03-18","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A one-story brick former neighborhood grocery store at 301 West Edwards Street, Springfield, Illinois, at the southwest corner of the Illinois State Capitol Complex. The front section was built in 1898 by Fred Gottschalk, with a rear section added in the early 20th century.","why_significant":"The building is presented as a modest, masonry commercial building of the late 19th century and one of the few surviving neighborhood grocery store buildings in Springfield. It is considered the best preserved example locally. It also marks the southwest corner of the Capitol Complex, and the store was known for personalized service and a telephone shopping system.","narrative":"At the northwest corner of College and Edwards Streets in Springfield, this one-story brick building began as Fred Gottschalk's grocery and meat market. Gottschalk started his business in 1887 in a frame building and replaced it in 1898 with a masonry store about 40 by 60 feet, later extended at the rear. Its cast iron front, stamped by the Aetna Foundry and Machine Co., corbelled cornice and unpainted common bond brick reflect the Commercial Style of the late 19th century. The store served leading Springfield families and governors, offered charge accounts and telephone ordering, and carried specialty imported foods under the motto \"Everything for the Table.\" It closed in 1971 after the death of the founder's son. Neighborhood groceries of this kind largely disappeared with the rise of supermarkets, and this building is described as one of the best preserved survivors in the city. It also marks the southwest corner of the State Capitol Complex. The interior now serves as a restaurant and bar, with original flooring, beaded ceiling and central bearing wall retained.","period_of_significance":"1898-1910","architect_builder":"Unknown; built by Fred Gottschalk in 1898","architectural_style":"Commercial Style","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Occupied and in commercial use; the interior has been converted to a restaurant/bar, and the grocery closed in 1971.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:35.424155-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/50/8940/28894050/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_IL/85000607.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/85000607/ed3a57fcdd-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/85000607/ed3a57fcdd-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Teemu08","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Fred_Gottschalk_Grocery_Store.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Teemu08</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Fred_Gottschalk_Grocery_Store.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/28894050","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fred_Gottschalk_Grocery_Store","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q19461834"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/illinois/sangamon-county/gottschalk-fred-grocery-store-85000607/"}