Maid-Rite Sandwich Shop (Springfield, Illinois)

Maid-Rite Sandwich Shop
Location: Springfield, Sangamon County, Illinois USA
Built: 1921
Governing body: Taylor's Maid-Rite
NRHP Reference#: 84001146
Added to NRHP: August 16, 1984[1]

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 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. ^ NRIS Database, National Register of Historic Places. Retrieved 24 February 2007.
  2. ^ Pearson, Rick. A Guide for the National Press, Chicago Tribune, 9 February 2007. Retrieved 1 October 2007.