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The Claus Grocery
Store was built in 1905 by Joe Claus. It is a
rectangular, one story, clapboard sided frame building
with a gable roof. The store is attached to a two story
frame house. There also is a two story frame barn and
another large frame shed behind the store and house.
The exterior appearance of the buildings has changed
little since they were built. The interior of the store
also looks much as it must have when it was used for a
grocery store. It still has an unfinished wood floor, a
pressed metal ceiling, an old wood counter, an old
manual adding machine with a lever crank, and an old
wooden cash register. The significance of the structure
comes from the unchanged appearance of a building
constructed over 100 years ago. Architecturally, the
Claus Grocery Store typifies the modest one story
neighborhood grocery stores that were located in many of
Springfield’s older residential neighborhoods. The
store’s wood floor, pressed metal ceiling, and large
plate glass show windows with glass transoms are typical
of the detailing found in neighborhood grocery buildings
of that era.
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