120 N Main
This photo depicts the Menser building probably just a short
while after it was built in 1903. |
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1903 - Allman's, The Big Store Annex |
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1905 Howard Davis Bakery |
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1906 - Culver City Meat Market |
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1910 - Apr 7 - Democratic Convention
The Democratic voter of Union Township are hereby called to meet
in mass convention in the old meat market room in the Menser building
in Culver onf Thursday April 21,1910 for the purposeof selecting a
delegate and alternate to the state convention, and for any other buisness
that may properlu come before it. O. A. Gandy, Twp. Chm.
1910 - Oct 27 - Prohibiton Meetings - Friday evening Nov. 4 Culver in
Menser building
1911 - jan 5 - New Grocery - Frank Easterday is preparing to open a grocery in
the Menser Building
< Red Front Grocery - M. H. Hanna /td>
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1918 - Oct 16 - New Grocey Cash and Carry Russell Bicksell
1922 - Waite Bros - Tire & Accessories
1922 - Aug 23 - New Buisness - Clifford and Lewis Waite have formed a
co-partnership and have rented the Menser room vacated by the Simpson
grocery. The will conduc tire and accessory buisness besides a
department for light repairs of every kind. The latter is a field
which has not been hiterto worked here and will prove an immense
conveniece. Lewis Waite is a brother of Clifford and has just returned
from a residence in the state of Washington.
1925 -Feb 18 - Carey Variety Store is Closed - Goods Stored
The Carey Variety Store which has operated in the Menser building
across from the M. E. Church has been closed by Mrse Carey and the
goods have been stored. Mrs. Carey closed the store shortly after
Christmas with the intention of opening in the early spring, but she
has changed her plans and will seek another location. It is not known
who will occupt the building made vacante by her moving.
1926 - Pettis Pettis Opens Grocery in Menser Building
Changing about of stores in Culver has not yet entirely ceased. Another
announcment has come to light during the past week in which Chas. Pettis
has opened a grocer stor in the Menser building across from the Methodist
Churc and is already open for buisness. The room, has been given a thorough
cleaning, fixtures have been installed and a completly new sock of merchandise
has bbeen installed. His will be the cash and cary plan. He will continue his
present pool hall buisnrss in the Pecher building. Jess Pettis will manage
the new grocery store.
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Hatten's Market |
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1927 - January 26 –
Forrest Geiselman
1927 - Jan 26 - Geiselman Buys Hatten'a Grocery and Adds Market
Forrest Geiselman has purchaesed the Hatten Grocery and will
combine it with the
Home Meat Market which he purchased last
week.
The market's refrigerator and other equipment has bee moved to the
grocery store and will soon be ready to serve the public. the new
store will be known as the Corner Market.
It closed during the "great Depression.
The market went bankrupt in the depression because Forrest
allowed people to charge meats to feed their families –
then they could not repay their debts.
Forrest Geiselman. He housed his family, in the upstairs apartment opposite a Black family that worked at
CMA.
1935 - Sanders Bakery
1935 - Sept 18 - Sanders Bakery to Move to Corner Site
The Sanders Bakery will move from its present location on East
Washington Street to the building formerly occupied by Geiselman's
Market of the corner of Main and Washington streets.
Harry Sanders, proprietor, states that he will install new fixtures
and redecorate the room and epects to be open for business in the
new location by October 1
1935 - 23 Oct - Large Crowd Attends Opening of Bakery
A large crowd that filled the bakery and overflowed into the street
attended the opening of Sanders Bakery in its new location at the
corner of Main and Washington streets Saturday night.
The awarding of a free cake furnished the main attraction and Don Bruce
was the lucky party.
Other cakes were given to the following as a surprise festure: Patty Shaw,
Verna Jones, Mrs. C. C. Waite, Mrs. Gladys Wilson, H. McFeely, Paul Kaley,
Jack Pass, Harve Pontius, Jack Crooks, Isaac H. Cook, Mrs. Drenk and Zazel
Mishler.
1937 Sanbornn Fire Map 'S' - iron oven < /td>
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1939 - Shaw's Market
1939 - Norwayne Bakery
1939 - January 18 Shaw's Market and the Norwayne Bakery opened for
business today in the Menser Building opposite the Methodist Church
Neal Shaw is the proprietor of former firm and needs no introduction
here, while the bakery is being operated by Frank Coerney of North
Judson, who has had considerable bakery experience.
1939 - Aug 2 - Neil Shaw has closed his meat market in the Menser Building.
The Culver Community Kitchen
1941 Apr 2 - A new business. The Culver Community Kitchen, will open
in the Menser Building April 9.
1937 Jun 16 - 1937 - Oct 7
Culver Bakery - Verl McFeely
1939 - Jan 11 - Remodeling Business Room
Work,em are busy tearing out the old bakery ovens and renovating
the interior of the Menser building on Main Street
It is state the room will be occupied by a meat market and a
bakery, but no authorized announcements have been made as yet.
Trone Building
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1949 February 16 - Donaldson G. Trone has purchased the Menser Building at
he corner of Main and Washington Streets
1949 - April 13 - Culver 's newest business establishment, the Don Trone Sports
Shop, opened this week.
Don Trone's Shop - 1949-1978
Don & Almeda Trone
1954 - feb 24 - Don Trone has done extensive remodeling at his store.
Don trone's Shop 1970-1978 - Almeda Trone
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Possibly Apartments, Businesses or Offices Upstair's (see link at bottomof 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 |
Front Half - wss divided into 3 office spaces I believe
? - 1984-5 - ? - Easterday & Ummel's Law Office
Interior Views - Christine Landskron
Back Half -
Carla Jean's Beauty Shop - Carla Trump
1998 - Tan Line
?-2023 - Lake Maxinkuckee enviormental Association
116-120 N Main Upstsairs ~ ~ ~
116-120 N. Main ~ ~ ~
120 N Main~ ~ ~
116 N Main (new)