Lake Maxinkuckee Its Intrigue History & Genealogy Culver, Marshall, Indiana

120 S Main Street  



. Section 16 - 500.90A 1835 Original Survey
Section 16 c. 1837 500.90A (North shore town and academy)


1872 - Section. 16
    Est. of I N Morris 105 A ( also 80 A)
    J. Duddleson - 30.60A & 10A
    T. Houghton 90A.
    J. HOughton Acreage not stated
    J ___ name illegible 4A
    G. A. Durr 10A
    Lot no name no acreage stated
    G. A. Durr 5A? - res (Lot 2 3A & 3A)
    Dr. Durr No amount Stated lots as if to be 2 large
    L D W [Lorenzo W. Wiseman]


1876 - J. Castleman - 190A

1876 Section 16
    1850-1876 I. N. Morris 175/185a   [Isaac N. Morris] - 185 A


1880 North Section 16 - 500.90 Acres Town
    I N Morris 185.34
    B. W. Watt 15.50A
    LakeView Club 15A
    J Duddleson 109.31A
    Tho. Houghton 90A.
    J. E. Houghton 19.60A
    E Parker 27 A


From the Logansport Daily Journal page 3 dated Aug. 27, 1882:
    All the preliminaries for the extension of the Logansport branch of the Vandalia railway to Lake Michigan have been satisfactorily adjusted, and upon compliiance with a few easy conditions the contact will be closed, and the work will be commenced and pushed to completion.

    Readers of the Journal are familiar with the route of this line to Marmont (Maxinkuckee), and will have no difficulty in following it to South Bend and the lake...

    With these advantages before them, our citizens are asked to consider one of the conditions above named, which condition is that the right of way shall be furnished free to the new line thorugh our county. The estimated cost of this right of way from $7,000 to $10,000 and it is proposed to raise the amount by subscription. A consideraable portion of this subscription has already been secured, and a committee appointed for that purpose will make an effort to raise the remainder during the present week...


1883 - Oct 6 - The.Vandaiia railroad company commenced laying iron at Marmount a day or two ago, and-withln a short time the tract will be completed from Maxinkuckee lake to the Nickle Plate railroad, a distance of about three miles,- Logansport Pharos Tribune

1890 - Urias Menser.
1898 - Section 16
    L. C. Dillion - 10A, 99.31A, 79.76, 75.60A
    T. Houghton 89A
    A. Roughton
    E. Duddle(son) 9.60A
    E. Morris 21.49A/Morris Lake Front Plat
    T. H. & L RRR Lake View Club 15 A.
    J. J. Bryant
    Depot
    Incorporated Limits of Culver


1900 - Evermans' Biological Survey


1914


" 1922


? Jan 1903-1905 - Cook Bros. Hardware - Frank & Will Cook

1904–1906 - Cash Hardware Store - John F. Weiss, proprietor

1906 Sanborn Map _ Hardw.and Farm Imp'ts; shows an outside stair case to apartments above and back lot across alley Farm Imp'ts;


1906 - Feb 22 - Oliver Goss moved his family into the rooms over the hardware vacated by Urias Menser

1907 - Henry Pecher has opened a tin shop under the hardware
    1908 - Jan 9 - Henry Pecher has moved his tin shop into the old post office quarters (This was what is now 110 N. Main )


1908–1943 - Cash Hardware Co. O T Goss

1914 Sanborn Map _ Hardw. and Imp'ts, shows an outside stair case to apartments above also building or 2 small buildings labeled Oil H. O.; back lot across alley Imp'ts Ware H. O.; and a building with a "X" on the back half indicating a stable


1914 - Dec 24 - Librarian Is Choosen - Rooms Over the Hardware secured.

    A special committee reported that it had made verbal contract with Urias Menser for the front four rooms over the hardware store at $5 per month, and in addition has arranged with Mrs. Oberlin, the recent tenant, to use her furniture at a rental of $4 per mouth. Mr. Menser agrees to wire the rooms. The renting of rooms already furnished will relieve the board of the necessity of the expense of buying rugs, tables, chairs, etc. for a time, at least. With volunteer help from some of the high school boys it is expected to move the books next Monday, and to open the rooms for library and reading purposes soon after Jan. 1 with the new librarian in charge.


1916 - Jul 6 - During the med-day storm on Sunday lighting struck a chiminey on the Menser building occupied by Goss hardware store. A lady guest of the Kesslers, who lives upstairs, was made unconscious for a time.

1918 Sep 4 New Red Cross Quarters
    The Ways and means committee for the town unites Mmes W. O. Osborn and Urias Menser chairman, have renterd the four front rooms over the hardware store for permenant Red Cross work rooms.

    These are the rooms that were occupoed by the public library while the library was under construction.

    They are well lighted, and will be adequate and pleasant.

    As soon as some necessary painting and papering is done the rooms will be arranged for work on the new quotas which are expected before long.


1924 Sanborn Map Just labeled with a single "S" in the middle no longer shows an outside stair case to apartments above also a single building labeled Oil H. O.; back lot across alley one building is labeled Imp'ts other is labled Ware H. O. and the "X" on the back half indicating a stable has been removed


1937 Sanborn Map labeled as "ONE S", a single building labeled Oil H. O.; back lot across alley one building is labeled Imp'ts other is labled Ware H. O.


1945, Feb. - Buys Menser Building
    A tranaction was completed last week whereby Paul Snyder became the owner of the Menser Building on Main street.

    The Culver Hardware, is the proprieto

    Clarence and Harry Menser are the former owners of the building which has been in the family since 1890



1943 - 1952 - Culver Hardware - Paul Snyder


1948 - June 2- News Agency to Open
    The south half of theof t he south room of Culver Hardware has been remodled and will be used the the Culver News Agency starting Saturday, June 5, with Jack Beik the proprietor. Compplete announcement is made on the last page of this issue.


1953 - Sep 3 - Kosterman's Watch Repair & Jewelry Store - Joseph V. Kosterman
    Joseph V. Kosterman has opened a fine new retail jewlery store and watch repair shop at the northeast corner of Main and Madison streets.

    1955 0ct 12 - Vince Kosterman has closed his Jewelry shop, having decided to do watch and clock repairing in his own home.


1960's - F. William Smyder

Basement level for a period in the 1990's held a Golf Pro Shop ran by Mike Snyder.

2007, Dec-2013, Oct - Culver Pro Hardware - David Begg / Hilltop Rentals LLC

2013 - Oct. - Culver Hardware to close by the end of October purchased by Robert Hollender a contractor from Illinois and Whitney Alvis . The ful intent is to divided the building into 2 seperate store fronts hoping to draw in more businesses - as yet what will be done with the remainder of the space has not been determined as yet.


This is the cement building/Garage behind the Main street building it is one whole property with 2 buildings - for a while in the 1960's it bore the address of 108 E. Madison.


2013, Nov. - A New Era - 120 S MAIN LLC

[OP L33 HOUGHTON'S COR AMND SW COR L33] -