108 E Washington  

Section 16 History 1835-1922

J. A. Hines Blacksmithing, Horseshoeing & Livery Bl Sm Wagon Shop - 1906 - on Alley corner

1907 - May 9 - Culver has a new livery barn, opened by H. H. Austin.

1908

1909 - Apr. 22 - H. H. Austin is converting the first floor of his livery barn into a skating rink.

1909, May 20 - H. H. Austin opened his skating rink

1909 - Jun 17 - H. H. Austin is starting a branch skating rink at Ora. The rink in Culver will run three nights in the week and theone at Ora the other week nights.

1910, Nov 24 - Removed - The Listenberger-Bogardus pool room is being removed from Austins livery barn to the store room opposite the hadrware store

H. H. Austin Livery - 1913  

APRIL 10, 1913— New Business Building.
H. H. Austin is back in town for the purpose of making some changes in his property investments

He will tear down his livery barn and and with the material erect, on the alley west of his brick residence, a two-story building 32x56, finished on the outside with stucco. The first floor will be largely occupied by The Citizen. The busness office will have half of 32-foot frontage, afrter a central entranceis taken out, and will runn back 28 feet to the press and typesetting room which will take the entire width of the building. The arrangemenr will leave a small store room in front.

The second story will be fitted for flats, and he basement will occupy the space under the whole building and will be prepared for business purposes not yet decided upon.


1913 - May 30 - H. H. Austin has the distinction of putting up the first three story building in Culver. The third-story front will have two rooms which will be occupied by Mr. Austin and his wife. The second story will contain three offices and a suite of six family rooms which Phil McLane has rented. Three-fourths of the first floor will be taken by the Citizen plant. The east storeroom has not yet been rented





Printing - 1914 - The building was built in May 1913 by H. H. Austin



1914- Feb 19 - A large quantity of the material for the electric light line, including four tons of copper wire, was put into the basement of the Austin building Tuesday.

1914 - Plymouth Electric Light and Power Company - an ad of Dec. 17

19__ Calumet Gas & Electric

19--- Northern Indiana Public Service Company

Printing - 1914

During this era until a fire in 1969 the building was three stories - and served as a home for varied businesses.

Printing - 1924-1947 Culver Citizen   The printing presses were in the basement of the building. of this era - an account is found in the Culver Ctizen of July 11, 1974: Just to keep the record straight it might be added that Mr. Corwin omitted one home of The Citizen. It was in a two-story building that gave way to Johnson's Service Station years after the paper moved to its present location. Here The Citizen has expanded, taking over the entire first floor and basement after the Northern Indiana Public Service Company moved to its present quarters. Modern machinery and equipment have been added from time to time until none of the machinery is left equipped newspaper-commercial printing plant in any town its size in the entire state.



Modern cleaners (3rd floor-1946)  

A) Reeds Taxi Service  
c1936- 1949 - Mar 9 - Jack's Taxi Jack Wagoner

1949, Mar - 1963 - Henry Hinckle  

Apr. 1963 Tom K. Walker  

A) Jack's Taxi - taxi

B) Ideal Cleaners - Clyde Hickman was on Main St. till 1953-1954 when moved to this location.
B) Ideal Cleaners - Oct. 1957-1962 - Frank Henderson
B) Hinkle's Ideal Cleaner - 1962-1967 Henry W. & Goldie Hinkle
Moved to across the street at 105 E Washington

1946 - Dec 25 - V.F.W. Posts Buys Building For Home

A transaction was completed Friday whereby the Finney-Shilling post of the Veterans of Foreign Wars bought the building, formerly occupied by the Citizen, on East Washington street of E. W. Carter for 9,000.

The post will take possession Jan. 15.

The Modern Dry Cleaners will continue to occupy their present quarters in the building, as will the occupants of the two apartments on the second floor.

The veterans, plan to use the main floor for meetings, with a kitchen on the same floor. The basement will be remodeled as club rooms.

The members of the post are now faced with furnishing their new home and are asking the public to donate this equipment.

They need such items as chairs, tables, cooking stove, piano, radio, phonograph, pool table, ping-pong table, dishes, silverware, cooking utensils, pictures, linoleum for kitchen and throw rugs.

Those wishing to help the club are asked to call Frank Timmons, post commander.

VFW Finney-Shilling Post #6919 -