Coordinates: 39°48′6″N 89°39′30″W / 39.80167°N 89.65833°W / 39.80167; -89.65833

Maid-Rite Sandwich Shop (Springfield, Illinois)

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Maid-Rite Sandwich Shop
File:Maid-Rite Drive Thru.jpg
Location118 N. Pasfield St., Springfield, Illinois
Coordinates39°48′6″N 89°39′30″W / 39.80167°N 89.65833°W / 39.80167; -89.65833
Arealess than one acre
Built1921
NRHP reference No.84001146[1]
Added to NRHPAugust 16, 1984

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.[2] The building, along historic U.S. Route 66, was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1984.

Notes

  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. Dettro, Chris (30 August 2015). "66 Things on Route 66: Maid-Rite Sandwich Shop". The State Journal-Register. Archived from the original on 2020-08-25. Retrieved 2020-08-25.