107 N. Main St.  

Section 16 History

To have been a log cabin house and that a bachelor had been living there and that the children were afraid of him; this building and the lot was sold for $10.00

From the 50th anniversary article it states : "The frame residence which stood on the lot now occupied by the Culver library housed the grandparents of the present head librarian Mrs. Jane Scruggs. This building was moved to vacate the land for the erection of the library building.



1907 - Apr 18 - Dr. Wiseman has rented the three rooms over the Citizen for offices. He sold his office building to I. G. Fisher who will remove it to the kreuzberger park this week.



1907 - Sep 26 - The building formerly occupied as an office by Dr. Wiseman on Main street and. later removed to the Kreuzberger park grounds by I. G. Fisher, has been bought by Carter Smith and added to his constellation of laundry buildings.

And another small building which is referred to as the "Overman building " much later is found recorded about them is:

W. S. Easterday states that the Culver Citizen moved from the small building referred to as "cramped photographer's building" at 115 S. Main. to above to above Hawkins Tavern (117 S. Main St.). From there it moved to a small building where the library now stands (107 N Main.) and followed the small building when it was moved to the back of the lot on which Johnson Service station was located (202 N. Main). and then moving into the two story building on the front of the lot. Jul 26 1944- Citizen

>	1) Telephone Exchange 2) Dwelling 3) Office (Rea Building)

1910 Mar 24 - S. C. Schilling has bought the Voreis 72 fett on Main Street between the M. E. church and Rea's building for #1,200. He will hold it as an investment.

1911 - Before the purchase of part of Lot 7 and 8 by Schyluer C. Schilling - the ownership is quite muddled with unpaid mortgages and possibly un-paid taxes. There are many names associated with these lots from 1863-1910.

The abstract does not clearly trace the history of the properties but it seems the longest holder of it was Lottie A. Vories and her husband George W. Vories.

On - 20 January 1911 the building which probably housed the library as well as another business was purchased by Schuyler C. Schilling.

1914 Sanborn Fire Map 1) Dwelling 2) empty lot 1914 This is the bank and library block as of 1914 by the Sanborn Fire Map This also shows the lots that later became the bank parking lot in the 1950's and then in 2001-2002 was split between the bank and library.

Library Abstract:

>	Library Deed

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1922

This also shows the lots that later became the bank parking lot in the 1950's and then in 2001-2002 was split between the bank and library.

1924 Sanborn Fire Map

A view of this area in the 1930's

1955 dedication cermonies of the World War I and Worl War II veteran's memorial stone

As viewed in the early years before 1958 when the Methodist church was to the north.

In 2000 the library acquired the lot to the north of them which was originally was 109 N Main st. the Methodist Church stood there -and ceased to exist in 1956, Since from that date it has had the addressed of 107 W. Washington St. and 105 W. Washington St. was attached to it in the telephone directories The front of the lot was yard - with the building sitting on the back of lot with main enterance on Washington street, a back door on the southeast corner and I believe another enterance door out on the the alley/parking lot on the near southwest corner.

2002- present Culver Union Township Public Library - Library History

OP LOT 9 & 1/2 VAC ALLEY ADJ

LOT 8 OP & 1/2 VAC ALLEY ADJ

OP LOT 7 N 6' & 1/2 VAC ALLEY ADJ

BEG 16.5' W OF NW COR LOT 9 IN OP CULVER TH S0-04-49W 75' TH S89-10-51W 99.62' TH N0-05-17E 75' TH N89-10-51E 99.61' TO POB & 1/2 VAC ALLEY ADJ