1355 East Shore Dr.  

Section 22 History 1835-1922

Rector & Thomas 85A & 32A

The family records are meager and it is not known where Conaway Rector, the pioneer, lies buried. His wife was Frances E. Thomas, a remarkable pioneer mother who raised five boys to send off to fight in the War of the Rebellion.

It is believed that he came in 1843. At any rate, it was either late in the 'thirties or early in the 'forties that he first viewed the broad expanse of Lake Maxinkuckee, picked out an admirable home-site on a high hill overlooking that body of water, and promptly set to work building a log house to shelter his flock.

Rector put up a commodious cabin home on the top of the hill at Maxinkuckee. It was a fine house to start pioneering in; a big, log affair, located on the north side of the road.

It stood for a good many years, an enduring home, carrying its age in its declining years with consummate grace. But the end had to come, for in 1885 or '86 the house was torn down and the logs cut up for lumber. Sarah A. Rector owned it then.

She had been widowed not long before, her husband, Lewis C. Rector, soil of the pioneer, having passed away in ‘84.

1898

1898 - B. {Sic S} A. Rector - 22.10 acres. Tho labelded wrongly as "B. A. Rector" the 1908 map shows it is as the same acreage of 22.10 and as Sarah A. Rector and the hotel and Livery Barn both annotated on the map.

1908 - Livery Stable ran by Dow Rector - By the 1908 plat map only the Rector livery stables sat on this corner and the hotel sat further north on top of the hill there was 22.10 acres owned by his mother Sarah Rector

1922 - Sarah A. Rector 22.10 Acres Hotel Livery Barn

1922 - Jul 12 - Dow Rector has built a gasoline station at the Rector hotel on the East side

Could this have been also turned into a grocery store - a clue is found and full article below:
1951 - May 30 - New Apartments and Market Now Open on East Side...

The old store building is believed to have bee erected more than 25 years ago....

? - 1930's - Van's Market - Walter & Josephine (McFarland) VanSchoiack Josephine ran Van's Market until 1947 when she married Roscoe Stevens . Which was one of several businesses in the village of Maxinkuckee off of East Shore Drive

1940, Feb 17 - The old livery-stable which was built by Dow Rector about 35 years ago was wrecked and torn down last week by Walter VanShoiack.

1947 - Mar 26 - Tibbett's Buy Van's Grocery at Maxinkuckee

Tibbet's Food Market of Burr Oak has purschased Van's Grocery at Maxinkuckee Landing on the East Side, taking possession of March 24.

The store has bee closed for remodelling and will reopen Friday, April F.

The store will be known as Tibbett's Food Market No. 2

Self-service will be instituted and prices will be to same at both locations.

A complete line of meat and groceries will be handled.

New Shelving and gondolas will be built and a produce and meat departments added along with new lines of groceries. - Citizen

Tibbett's Food Market No. 2

??Frederick's Grocery

1950 Sep 15 - East Side Grocery

Joe Sissel Purchases East Shore Grocery Mr. and Mrs. Joe Sissel are the new owners of the East Side Grocery located at the intersection of the East Shore Road and the Maxinkuckee Road. Formerly known as Frederick's Grocery, the transfer of ownership wras effected on September 15.

Mr. and Mrs. Sissel, former residents of Plymouth, have moved into the apartment near the store. They have three children: Nancy, age 12; Tommy, age 11; and Barbara, age 9. - 18 Oct 1950

1951 - May 30 - New Apartments and Market Now Open on East Side

Construction work on the Stevens Aptatments and the R J Food Market, which was just recently opened is nearly complete.

The attractive apartments and store are located at the intersection of the Maxinkuckee Road and the East Shore Lane.

The L-shaped building is to be completely finished on the outside with waylite brick.

There are four apartments, three of which are five-room each featuring two bedrooms, living room, kitchen and bath, while the fourth is a one-bedroom apartment. The latter is finished in knotty pine

The R J Food Market operated by Roscoe and Josephine Stevens, occupies a spaciou room on the north side, next to the East Shore Road. Mr. and Mrs. Stevens have living quarters adjacent to the market.

The old store building recently operated by Joe Sissel, has been vacant and will be moved to permit landscaping and to provid parking area.

The old store building is believed to have been erected more than 25 years ago.

Roscoe Stevens, the contractor constructed the building. - Citizen

1954- April 28 - Mr. and Mrs. Robert Jackson of South Bend purchase the R & J Food Market from Mr. and Mrs. Roscoe Stevens

? - 1956, Aug - Robert & Harriet Jackson

Robert and Hrrriet Jackson who have made so many friends during their residence here, have no future plans but probably will be engaged in looking after their properties in both South Bend and Flordia - Aug 15, 1956

1956 - Aug. 15 - Norris Wharton Buys R & J. Food Market On East Shore Drive.

Norris Wharton, recently of Lafayette, has purchased the R & J. Food Market at 1355 East Shore Drive (Maxinkuckee Landing) from Mr. and Mrs. Robert Jackson and will continue to operate the thriving meat and grocercy establisment unde the same name.

Mr. Wharton and his wife Maye Ruth will reside in the Roscoe Stevens Apartments adjoining their store...

1958 Lake Directory - R & J Grocery / Norris Wharton / Roscoe Stevens Apartments

1963 - 31 Dec - R & J. Food Market - Norris and May Wharton Changes Name of R & J Market to Manor Market The R & J market, Maxinkuckee Landing owned and operated by Mr. and Mrs Norris Wharton has officially changed the name of their establishment, effective on January 1. the new names, under which the market will do business, is Manor Market. The new names was selected by using the first few letters of their first names, Mrs. Wharton's first name is May and Mr. Wharton's is Norria. Using the first letters of their names, the name Manor was selected. A new large electric sign has been erected on the roof of the market and neon lettering in the window used the name "Manor". The store is located next to highway 117 and Maxinkuckee Road with the R & J Apartments. - 1 Jan. 1964 Culver Citizen

1 Jan 1963 - ? Manor Market

Un-dated photo of storm damage to Manor Market.

1974- 1985 - Manor Market and Apartments- Jerry Nye & Lillian (Jones) Houghton .

The name Norris Warton was on the receipts on the old cash register that was in the store when I ( Jack Linn Houghton, Jr.) worked there. It was a pretty cool old cash register but they were broken into by the Pitts brothers around Christmas of 1975 and those guys just picked the old register up and carried it out the door along with a bunch of cigarettes. The county police found it smashed and lying in a ditch somewhere

Manor Market burned on 28 December 1985 and was never re-bulti

1985-?

.? - 2014,Jun - - Manor Associates Inc. Vacant Lot. Was assigned the address of 1355 E. Shore Dr. - as of 2014 it bears no address Empty Lot East Side of Road - /James E. Rocap Jr.

2014, Jun - 2015 - Michael G Browning - Northwest Technology Center