116 N Main & 118 N Main - Menser Building
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This is an early 1900's view of the store front |
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This is an early 1900's view of the store front and within this door area contained
a small 'stoop' and your entered each store through a door on either the left or
right. by the 1960's ithe front had been updated somewhat in appearanace and during the
1960's the barber shop was on the north end and the beauty shop on the south end |
116 N. main st. 118 N. main st.
Sanborn Fire and Plat Maps depciting the building/lot:
1906 Sanborn Fire Map; shows as a divided build containing a meat market and
a bakery |
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1908 |
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1914 Sanborn Fire Map grocery and movie theater with bakery in back facing
Washington st |
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1922 Washington to Jefferson st. |
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1924 Sanborn Fire Map both listed as "s" and back building facing Washington
street as "S" and Iron Ov. assuming Iron oven. |
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1937 Sanborn Fire Map, laeleb as "S" with Iron Over; "S" with street/Postal
addresses of 118 amd 120 Main Street and a possible street/postal address of 101 Waahington
and the back building is labled "S" anc Vac. assuming vacant and with street/postal adddress
of 107 Washington |
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This is an mid 1900's view of the store front and within this door area contained
a small 'stoop' and your entered each store through a door on either the left or
right. by the 1960's the front had been updated somewhat in appearanace and during the
1960's the barber shop was on the north end and the beauty shop on the south end |
116 N. main st. 118 N. main st.
1919 - August 13 - Fire Inspector's Report on Buildings in Culver...
Urias Menser - Vacate building as picture theater until alterations
are made in complaince with laws governing picture shows
1919 - Oct 15 - Stolen-Warning - Taken from the Menser Building a lens from the
picture Machine. The part is know and will save trouble by returning it to me.
B. E. Rector
Culver Vulcanizing Station - 1920
Walter Johnson,
Proprietor
1920 - Jan 14 - Urias Menser has rented the old picture show room to Walter
Johnson of Leiters Ford. Mr. Johnson is in the vulcanizing business
By statement: started his business on Jan. 10, 1920. Coming from South Bend
at the age of 19, he started a retreading and vulcanizing business in what is
now the location of the Fingerhut Bakery and Strang's Barber Shop. In 1920 tire
retreading and vulcanizing was a new type of business, just getting started.
In the year of 1925 Mr. Johnson expanded to the location the firm now occupies.
[202 N. Main st.]...
1924 Sanborn Fire Map both listed as "s" and back building facing Washington
street as "S" and Iron Ov. assuming Iron oven. |
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1925 - jan 13 - The State Exchange Bank has rented the room vacated by Mr. Johnson.
The bank will construct a new building on its present site during the summer.
State Exchange Bank -
tempoary home while new building was built at
101 N. Main
1925 - Jul 8 Strang and Stuprich to Move to Menser Bldg.
A ten year lease has been signed by M. Stuprich and Strang Bros. for the south
room on the first floor of the Menser Building. This space is now used by the
State Exchange Bank.
The room will be divided into two sections, the north half to be used for the
barber shop, and the south portion for the tailor shop.
The rooms are to be refurnished and remodeled into first class conditionand are
to be very attractive.
The two firms hope to be able to move into their places of business about September
1st but will be governed by the progress on the new bank building.
North Side
Hersh Strang Barber
30 Sep 1925 - New Barber in Shop
Strang Brothers, barbers, have been able to secure Carl Raigen of Matoon, Ill.,
to take the barbering position left by Harry Sanders.
Mr. Raigen comes to Culver with the best of recommendations. He has been in the
business for about twenty years.
3 Feb 1926 - The Strang Barber Shop was moved from the D. H. Smith building across
the street to the Emil Siepman Building.
5 Jul 1944 - Herschel Srang bought half interest in Red's Barber shop, effectinfe
the first of the week Strang was connected with the shop for seven years, while
Clarence Calhoun has been the owner for 10 years. The shop will operate under its
preseent Name
1959 - Sep 2 - Herschel Strang, genial owner operator of Strang's three chair barber
shop on North Main Street, this month is observing his 30th anniversary as a tonsorial
artist
1962 - Jan 31 - NOTICE Verl Shaffer
is discontinuing his association with Hershel Strang's Barber Shop
1973 - Sept 6 - Herschell Strang local barber retires after 47 years; abd was in the
same location for 36 years.
1974 - Don's Barber Shop
South side
1926 - Feb - 10 -
M. Stuprich, Tailor
1929 - Feb 27 - G. T. McCullough Takes Over Stuprich's Shop
G. T. McCullough has purchased the local tailor shop of M. Stuprich and will
take possession on Monday, March 3re.
Mr. Mc Cullough has been in the tailoring business in Culver bfore and is
thoroughly experienced in this line.
Mr. Stuprich will give all of his time to his chicken farm, but will continue
to live in his presnt home in town.
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Culver Cleaners & Tailors - 1931-1944 -
John F. Drenk,
Prop.
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1937 Sanborn Fire Map, laeled as "S" with Iron Over; "S" with street/Postal
addresses of 118 amd 120 Main Street and a possible street/postal address of 101 Waahington
and the back building is labled "S" anc Vac. assumed meaning "vacant" and it is assumed
the Itown Oven had been moved from the back building to the front corner building assuming
vacant and with street/postal adddress of 107 Washington |
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Culver Cleaners - 1944-1949
Charles
Ricciardi\
1944 - March 15, - Culver Citizen John Drenk has sold the Culver cleaners
to Charles Richardi, tailor at the Academy, and expects to turn the
management of the business over to the new owner this week. Mr. Drenk, who
has operated the shop for over 13 years, plans to take a much needed rest
before entering some other business.
1949 - January 5 The Culver Cleaners have moved from their former location
opposite the Methodist Church to their new building at the corner of
Main and Madison Streets
Trone Building
1953-1955 -
Martin's Pastry Shop
1956-1958 - Barb's Beauty Bar
1956 - May 2 - Barbs Beauty Bar to Open Soon
Miss Barbara Price, a 1955 graduate of Culver High School and the daughter of Mr.
and Mrs Harold R. Price of 617 Pearl Street, has chosen this community to set up
her Beauty Salon
Miss Price is a graduate of Ravenscroft School of Beauty at Fort Wayne where she
was enrolled in Styling classes and took advantage of the Stylist Shows from New
York, Detriot and Chicago. After taking her State Board examination in
Indianapolis she worked as a licensed beutitian at Leath's Beauty House in Fort
Wayne.
Now tha she has qualified as an experienced operator she has returned to Culver
and plans to open Barb's Beauty Bar at 116 Norh Main Street.
THe exact opening date will be announced in a later issue of the Citizen.
By Jan 14 1959 moved to 110 E. Washington St.
1959 -1963 - Fingerhut Bakery
1959 - April 1 - Fingerhut Bakery WIll Open here Next Tuesday
North Judson Firm Expands Business
Next Tuesday, April 7, Culver will give a hearty welcom to a real community need -
a new and otustanding bakery in the business section
The new retail establishment is a branch of the famous Fingerhut Bakery at North
Judson which for 13 years has provided that STarke county town and surrounding
area with fime pastries, wedding cakes, coffe cakes, birthday cakes and rolls.
The new local store will provide just about every known bakery treat for banquets,
clubs andparties. All baking will be done at North Judson and will be fresh daily
Three Generations of Bakers
The North Judson bakery which is under the supervision of Mrs. Helen zfingerhut, has
wonf anexcellent reputation for the high quality of its products.
It isa three generation usiness in which Mrs. Fingerhut is aided by her three fine sons
Keith, Kenneth and Jerry. The father, Joseph FIngerhut, also a aker of renown, died in
1954. His father before him was also a baker as are three uncles of the boys who
operate successful bakeries in the Illinois Cities of Cicero, Berwyn and Cedar Lake.
Keith Fingerhut will live in Culver and manage the store at 116 Main Street in the Trone
Building, next door to Strang's Barber SHop.
The culver manager was a star footbal player at both North Judson High School and at
St. Joseph COllee at Rensselaer where he was graduated in 1958.
Keith's wife Janet is also a granduate of North Judson High School and they have a
daughter, Julie, 10 months of age. The fingerhuts as members of the Roman
Caholic Church.
Next Sunday the family will move into the recently vacated house at 115 Soutn Ohio.
Street.
Culver has been without a bakery for several months and the Citizen hopes that this
new retail establishment will receive generous support.
Moved or closed by July 1963
1965 Jan 28 - ?? Isobels of Argos -
Since we are moving to California in the near future I have sold Marietta's Beauty Shop
to Isobels of Argos. Her operators, Margo Fox, Linda Knepper, and Charmaine Miller,
will continue the business in the Trone Building after Feb. 1. I want to thank all my
patrons for their long and faithful business Jan. 28, 1965
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Possibly Apartments, Businesses or Offices Upstair's (see link at pottom of page)
The Elliott Building ca 1978
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By the late 1970's the building saw further invoation and updating the north
half which was Trones [120 N. Main] had been divided down into a front office area
with a beauty shop in the back accessed by a side door and the south half 116-118 N.
Main was divided down into 2 sections by a hallway and then was subdivided down into
several small to medium office areas. With possible apartments on the second floor |
1980's saw the building being further divided to provided smaller office spaces
those appearing to occupying the Menser building in 1980's and into the 1990's were:
197_, 1979 -1984-85 - Elliott Building
The following ad abstracted below and seen to the side was in the January 18th issue of the
Culver Citizen as follows:
John Elliot Enterprises Inc.
North - South Realty Co.
- are now leasing -
Office and Commercial spaces In the newly remodeled Elliott Building in downtown
Culver and other local locations.
Join these professional people:
Carla Trump
Carla Jean's Beauty Shop
842-3013
Vern Collins and Vern Collins. Jr.
The Top Stop
Barbers & Hair Stylists
842-3990
Larry Pachniak. Agent
842-3961
Arlene Nix, Editor
The Culver Citizen
842-3229
Dannv Haenes
Haenes& Asspciates
Certified Public Accountants
842-3802
If you need a location for your new or existing business, give us a call at
842-2260 |
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Elliots Construction & UPS Shipping Station - 1980's
John Elliot's wife maned both the contruction office which had the UPS
station in it. Carol Elliot
Roderick's Hair Styling 1979 - 1985
Rodrick’s To Open Soon
Culver - Rod Caudill of Indianapolis will soon be doing business in Culver.
Rod will own and operate Rodrick's Styling and Barber Shop
The shop will be located in the Elliott Building at the previous location of the Top
Stop Styling Shop.
Rod is look ing forward to an opening date of September 1. The latest styles in hair
styling will be offered Stay in touch with the Culver Citizen for further infomation and
the opening of Rodericks. - AUg 2, 1979.
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Culver - Rod Caudill is shown cutting and styling the hair on his first customer,
Anna Lemar, Tuesday morning. Caudill is the new owner-operator of Rodrick’s
Beauty and Barber Shop in the John Elliott Building in Culver, formerly the Top
Stop location). You may call for an appointment or drop in to visit Rod at his new
place of busines - - Sep 6, 1979 |
They later moved to 109 S. Main St.
Culver Citizen - ?-1979, 19_ - 116 B. North Main - Arlene Nix, Editor
Culver Citizen - ?-1982, Jul-1985 - Bill Mitchell
Cable Vision - 1985
Tom Overymer was a cabel technician and installer for the company and
Connie VanHorn manned the office.
116-120 N Main Upstsairs ~ ~ ~
116-120 N. Main ~ ~ ~
120 N Main~ ~ ~
116 N Main (new)