A nearly 3,000 square foot structure in Phoenix that was built in 1966 is now on the market for $750,000.
The structure, located at 6830 N. 35th Avenue, originally served as an outlet for the national Whataburger restaurant chain, and is in an area populated with one-story retail space.
Listed by the real estate company Home Smart Commercial, which has offices in Phoenix, the one-story structure featuring the familiar Whataburger pitched A roof design is designated as a Class C structure and sits on a less than half acre site.
The Whataburger chain was founded in 1950 in Corpus Christi, Texas and soon opened new locations across the Lone Star State. It expanded into Arizona beginning in 1963 and today has more than 880 stores primarily in the West and South.
By the 1960s, the company’s steel-framed buildings featured a triangular shape in the form of a giant A. Those A-frame buildings, according to the newspaper, San Antonio Report, were “set toward the rear of the site with a long canopy extending out toward the street to provide shade for diners who chose to eat in their cars.”
The company began to phase out the iconic A-frame design in the 1980s.
In recent years, the building on N. 35th Avenue has served as the home to a business called Teaching & Learning Stuff, a school supply store.
By Garry Boulard
