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116 N Main & 118 N Main - Menser Building



This is an early 1900's view of the store front


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


1908


1914 Sanborn Fire Map grocery and movie theater with bakery in back facing Washington st


1922 Washington to Jefferson st.


1924 Sanborn Fire Map both listed as "s" and back building facing Washington street as "S" and Iron Ov. assuming Iron oven.


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


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.


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.


' 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


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


Possibly Apartments, Businesses or Offices Upstair's (see link at pottom of page)

The Elliott Building ca 1978

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


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.

    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)