Schneider, Henry, Building - Springfield, Missouri - U.S. National Register of Historic Places on Waymarking.com

The Henry Schneider building, at 600 West College Street, in Springfield, Missouri, is significant as an early and long-lived commercial garage on U.S. Route 66 in Springfield. West College Street served as part of the original route of that highway through Springfield, and it continued to see Route 66 traffic into the early 1960s. The Schneider building was built by or for local businessman Henry Schneider ca. 1928, shortly after the famed interstate highway was established, and it housed automobile-related businesses the entire time Route 66 passed through Springfield. The period of significance runs from the time the building was constructed, ca. 1938, to 1956, the arbitrary 50 year cut off date and just six years prior to the replacement of Route 66 by Interstate 44 through Springfield. The building is located just west of the Springfield Public Square, in an area that housed a concentration of automobile sales and service establishments during the period of significance. The front of the building originally held a Cities Service filling station and a tire dealership, and the back bays, which face a side street, housed commercial garages and related businesses. Those businesses included the Main Street Garage, which operated at 219 S. Main Ave. from c. 1932 to ca. 1963, and the Monarch Machine Shop, an automotive machine shop that occupied a full third of the building form more than 75 years. The original filling station drive-through at the front was enclosed and remodeled ca. 1952 to house an automobile glass business and the building has seen few changes of note since that time.... It is significant  in the areas of commerce and transportation with a local level of significance for its long association Route 66 in Springfield and for its association with the development of automobile related businesses in Springfield between 1920 and 1948. The building today looks very much as it did during the period of significance, and it clearly reflects its long association with "America's Main Street," Route 66, in Springfield." - National Register nomination.

The building is in very good condition and now serves multiple businesses including a hair salon and photographic art gallery.

Street address: 600 W College St Springfield, Missouri County / Borough / Parish: Greene Year listed: 2006 Historic (Areas of) Significance: Event Periods of significance: 1925-1949, 1950-1974 Historic function: Commerce/Trade Current function: Commerce/Trade Privately owned?: yes Primary Web Site: [Web Link] Secondary Website 1: [Web Link] Season start / Season finish: Not listed Hours of operation: Not listed Secondary Website 2: Not listed National Historic Landmark Link: Not listed

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