Tin Shop  

Mawhorter Tin Shop

Mr. J. K. Mawhorter, Culver City's celebrated tinner is about to erect a building just south of the Herald office, which will be used as a tin shop. - 4 sep 1896

1906 - It is label "tin Shop" the color coding reads "Buildings colored in Green are Specials".

J. K. Mawhorter, the tinner, will move his shop upon the grounds between Vanschoiacks store and H. J. Meredith’s grocery, where he can be found Hereafter ready for business, is useless for us to extol his merits as a workman, as he is known to be first-class, in every particular, in all kinds of tin work. 19 Aug 1898

J. K. Mawhorter has moved his tin shop to the east side of Main street. The building is on the lot between Meredith and Vanschoiack Aug. 26 1898.

For a good clean shave go to Bower's barber shop over tin shop - Oct 22 1903

M. A. Mawhorter has sold his tin shop to H. A. Armstrong, of Plymouth. The shop will be open for buisness next Monday. - Oct 29 1903

John Gast, the new tinner arrived Monday and took charge of Mawhorter's tin shop. He will soon move his family here. Nov. 5 1903

H. A. Armstrong, proprietor of the tin shop, was here Tuesday looking after business matters - Jan 28 1904

william Grubb will open a plumbing and general supply and repair shop in the rear of Mr. Grubb has the experience to do good work, we predict that be will do a profiable business - 12 Jan 1905

Business Change - Having bought the tin shop formerly owned by H. A. Armstrong, respectfully ask a continuance of patronage, and in return promise you the very best of work and courteous treatment. All accounts are payable to me, and parties knowing themselves indebted to me are requested to call at once and settle their accounts - John S. Gast, Propprietor Culver Tin Shop.

1906- 1909 - Gast Tin Shop

From the Culver Citizen, July 16, 1908:
Mrs. Emma Dickson was the guest last week of her nephew, Hon. Daniel McDonald, the “Tall Hickory of the Pottawattomie Reservation" as the Rochester Republican puts it. Mrs. Dickson is the widow of Bayliss L. Dickson, who owned the land on which Culver is situated and who laid out Uniontown in 1845 or 1847. They lived in a house on the corner now occupied by the Gast tin shop. Mrs. Dickson was accompanied by her sister, Mrs. Weimer of Argos.

1909 - Feb 4 - I have moved my tin shop in the rear of the Culver Department Store, where I am prepared to do Roofing, Spouting, Furnace work and Tin and Sheet Metal work of all kinds. Telephone 84. - John S. Gast

1909 - Sep 23 - Removal - October 1st I will move my tin shop two doors east of Porter & Son's resturant (E Jefferson St.)

1910 - Mar 17 - John Gast is closing up his affairs preparatory to moving to Plymouth the 1st of April to enter the employment of the Armstrong tin shop. Mr. Gast has been in business in Culver for seven or eight years and he and his wife have a large cricle of friends whose best wishes for prosperity and happiness will attend them in their new home.