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.
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| Location | 118 N. Pasfield St., Springfield, Illinois |
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| Coordinates | 39°48′6″N 89°39′30″W / 39.80167°N 89.65833°W |
| Area | less than one acre |
| Built | 1921 |
| NRHP reference No. | 84001146[1] |
| Added to NRHP | August 16, 1984 |
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Notes
edit- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ 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.