Carl's Ice Cream

Carl's Ice Cream (also known as "Carl's Frozen Custard" or, most often, "Carl's") is a curbside ice cream stand located at 2200 Princess Anne Street, Fredericksburg, Virginia. Since 2005, the stand, with its Art Moderne architectural facade, has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places.^[3][4]

Carl's Ice Cream
Restaurant information
Established	1947; 77 years ago (1947)
Street address	2200 Princess Anne St
City	Fredericksburg
State	Virginia
Postal/ZIP Code	22401
Country	USA
Seating capacity	0 (Walk-up Window)
Carl's
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Virginia Landmarks Register
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Location	2200 Princess Anne St., Fredericksburg, Virginia
Coordinates	38°18′49″N 77°28′7″W
Area	less than one acre
Built	1947
Architect	Skinner, Ashton
Architectural style	Moderne
NRHP reference No.	05000642[1]
VLR No.	111-5007
Significant dates
Added to NRHP	June 30, 2005
Designated VLR	December 6, 2000[2]

History

Carl Sponseller founded Carl's Frozen Custard stand in 1947.^[5] The original building was registered as a National Landmark and is an official register of Historic Places in 2005. Since 1947, the 1940s, Electro Freeze machines have produced frozen custard daily. Custard differs from ice cream because it contains eggs and sells only three flavors, Vanilla, Chocolate, and Strawberry. When Carl retired, he passed it to his brothers, Paul Sponseller and Herbert Sponseller. When they retired, it was passed to Ramona Sponseller (Settle), Daniel Sponseller, and Cristina Sponseller (McCann), keeping it in the family. The stand has what can only be called a devoted following, so the line of customers often stretches around the building, even in bad weather.^[6][7] Carl's is seasonal, and closed each year from the Sunday before Thanksgiving until the Friday of Presidents Day Weekend.

See also

• National Register of Historic Places listings in Virginia

References

1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
2. "Virginia Landmarks Register". Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Archived from the original on 2013-09-21. Retrieved 19 March 2013.
3. "National Register of Historic Places". 2008-08-11. Retrieved 2008-08-11.
4. "National Register of Historic Places Registration Form" (.pdf file). 2008-08-11. Retrieved 2008-08-11.
5. "Off the Beaten Path, Vol. 8". Simply Fredericksburg. 1999-07-25. Archived from the original on 2008-10-12. Retrieved 2008-08-11.
6. "Carl's Ice Cream". Fredericksburg Guidebook. Archived from the original on 2008-05-13. Retrieved 2008-08-11.
7. Buncombe, Andrew (2003-09-06). "For 50 Years and More, the Simple Pleasures of an Ice-Cream". The Independent (London). Retrieved 2016-05-29.

External links

Media related to Carl's Ice Cream (Fredericksburg, Virginia) at Wikimedia Commons

• Carl's Frozen Custard official website
• Carl's at the DHR website
• "An Ice Cream Show", PBS show