Maid-Rite Sandwich Shop

118 N. Pasfield St., Springfield, Illinois. County/parish: Sangamon.

Added to the National Register of Historic Places August 16, 1984. NRIS 84001146.

1 contributing building.

From Wikipedia:

Maid-Rite Sandwich Shop (Springfield, Illinois)

The Maid-Rite Sandwich Shop in Springfield, Illinois, is one of the few remaining early Maid-Rite franchises in the United States. This specific shop, built in 1921, claims to have the first drive-thru window in the U.S. The building, along historic U.S. Route 66, was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1984.

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National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/28894070

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