1111 Lake Shore Dr. - Culver Animal Hospital  

Section 16 History 1835-1922

1956 Plat map Section 16 Mildred Dillon 126A & 92A Ida Dillon 48A Leonard Hoffman 19A unlabeled 5A

The way it was before 1957-1958. In the background is a view of the Dillion property on the south side of State Road 10 where the Culver Storage Units, the now empty motorcycle shop and the Ten Spot, now empty also is. The houses on the horizon is college Avenue homes.

oscar_r_lovina_wesson.htm 1958 - Oct. 1991 Oscar R. and Lovinia (Newman) Wesson

They bought the ground from the Dillon family and built their home and business coming in off of the Newman farm south of town.

1958 - December 3 – Dr. Oscar Wesson opens newly built animal hospital.
Dr . Oscar Wesson, local veterinarian, has recently completed his new animal hospital at of the intersection of state Roads 17 and 10, and with Mrs. Wesson and their son Charles Thomas, and daughter Patricia, moved last week moved into the adjoining residential qurters.

Dr. Wesson's new animal hospital, as well as their living quarters are modern and attractive.

Curtis and Thews were the contractors for the building constructed of limestone and concrete block. The hospital is 26X26 feet, the residence is 66X30 feet, and the adjoining two car garage is 26X22 feet. The entrance to the reeption room is on the north and opening off this room is the surgery and examination room and treatment room which is fully equiped for the treatment of animals. A part of the equipment copnsists of a sterilizer, cautery, microscope, refrigerator, cabinet for drugs and supplies and operating and examination table. The exray room adjoins the surgery with the two car garage opening off this room.

There is a large kennel room with built-in cages and three inside runs with space to accomodate 17 anumals at one time. The floor of this room, which is equipped wih a bathtub and grooming table, is concrete for easy cleaning.

The office occupies another room in this part of the building and it is equipped with a two-way radio for communication between office and car.

The iffuce us cibbected with the living quarters ipeining into the kitchen and dining area. The mmodern kitchen has attractive bitch cadinets with built in stove, dishwasher, and other modern conveniences. The kitchen and bathroom floors are vinyl tile with pre-finished oak hardwood floors in the other rooms of the living quarters.

The rest of the residence consists of three large bedrooms with ample closet space, a living room 30X16 feet. This room features a fireplace and picture windos in the west wall.

The basement under the living quarters includes space for laundry equipment, a fruit room, sewing space, recreation space, and the automatice gas heating plant.

A parking lot is provided at the north side of the building.

Dr. and Mrs Wesson are p lanning to hold open house at a later date.


Lovinia had a beautiful garden each year - the one rememberance was there was this plant with these very long lucious very pretty bright red pods on them, they were so very tempting - not knowing what they really were only that they were growing in a garden with other vegetables that was edible I picked just one of them and sunk my teeth into it! Instantly my mouth began to burn I ran as fast as my feet would travel and with our little red wagon trailing behind me full of the turnips that I had pulled out of the field to the flowing well that sat near the road where the pine trees that now line the property line of the Town & Country [whether the flowing well is still there or if if has been capped off is unknown]- to try and quench the burning - only the ice cold water from the flowing well intensified the burning - eventually it subsided. No, I have never admitted to the deed before now to anyone - it was a lesson well learned. If Lovinia ever knew that I had pilfered one of her of the pods I have no idea - but you can bet I never touched another!

1961 Plat map Section 16 Mildred Dillon 126A & 92A (Dillon Property) Ida Dillon 48A L. H. (Leonard Hoffman) 19A unlabeled 5A unlabeled 9A

1991,Oct-2024 Allen A. & Georgette Samuelson The Samuelson's in December 1982, moved to Culver taking over ownership of the Culver Animal Hospital from Dr. and Mrs. Osacr Wesson

WLN RD 17 150'S SLN RD 10 W ETC