140 W. Shore Dr. - Walker's Boathouse

This was part of the original Land Patent filed by James F. D. Lanier of Jefferson county, Indiana on 30 June 1837 was issued the certificate #7339 the East half of Section twenty; Fractional Section of Twenty One; Fractional Section of Twenty Seven and Fractional section of Twenty eight containing 793 32/100 acres.

1872 - A. J. Harris 3916A

1880 - A. J. Harris 154.52A

1898 - H. J. Murry 26.08A [John H. Murray]

1900 - John Murray Plat

1908 Jno. H. Murray 26A & Murray Subdivision (Lots on Lake front in pink)

1908 - April 6 - John H. Murray has sold 25 acres at the south end of the lake to George Busart fot $1,500 and has rented the house and barn to another party for the summer.

1908 - April 6 - John Murray, who sold his farm south of the lake, has moved to Waukegan, Ill. His son Alvin, a senior in high school will remain here until the close of the school year.

1908 Dec 10 - A Victim of Incendiaries

The John H. Murray cottage of rhe lake shore south of the Arlington was destroyed by fire yesterday morning.

Ezra Blanchard discovered the fire bewtween 3 and 4 o'clock while going to meet the 4:30 traind at Hibbard and notified Gilber Hosimer, a relation of Murray and cartaker of the property

Hosimer went to the scene of the fire and remained until after daylight though unable ro do anything toward saving the place. So far as known these two men were the only persons who saw the fire.

The fire, when discovered by Blanchard, was blazing up the outsire of the house. Hosimer found the trackes of two men in the snow leading from the house to the railroad.

The house, a story and a half cottage built ago built two years ago, was insured for $1,300. A small amount of funiture left in the house was insured for $100.

The barn on the place was set-on fire Oct. 1 and destroyed. Tracks of two men were left of the ground at that time.

1915 - Feb 25 - The Walkers are putting up another cottage on the former John Murray Place at the south end of the lake. Ther are already two cottages there. The new building will be two stories in height and will contain nine of ten rooms.

1915 - July 5 - L. G. Walker is building an eight-room house on the lake shore in the Murray plat at the south end of the lake .

This is a part of the Murray Subdivision which was found recorded in the 1922 Plat Map book

1956-79 Llyod N. & Ora Rovell (Rental)

1958 Lake Directory - Lloyd N. Revell (Rental) - 140 West Shore Drive, Culver.

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1979-82 - Frank Malkowski

? 1994, apr - Jerome & Leonard Malkowski

1994, apr - Jerome Malkowski

1985- 2000, Sep - Leonard & Irene Malkowski

David Burns done the seawall or the repairs of the existing seawall the orginial stone work and at this cottage when Frank Malkowski owned the cottage as well as the cottage next door when Jim Rinesmith (138 W. Shore Dr.) owned it also the cottage next door to the Walkers Boathouse ( 160 W. Shore Dr.) to the boathouse then owned by Chet Evers. All were done the same year and in succession of each, pictures were taken of the shore line and work in progress.

Sep 2000-2013 "Ted" Theodore R & Patricia Schenberg

I rememeber when David Burns done or redone this stairway for the Malkoski's the work at the Rinesmith, Malkowski and Evers cottages - in my negatives I should have the work in progress. how much they show of the area I can not remember.

MURRAYS SUB LOT 7
All of Lot Seven (7) in Murray's Subdivision, Section twenty-eight (28), Township Thirty-two (32) North, Range, One (1) East, Union Township, Marshall County, Indiana, ALSO, that part of Lot Eight (8) in Murray's Subdivision, Section Twenty-eight (28)Township Thirty-two (32) North Range One (1) East, Union Township, Marshall county, Indiana, described as: Commencing at the Northwest corner of the said Lot Eight (8) and from thence running South a distance of Twenty-three and one-fourth 23 1/4) feet, and from thence running East to a point Twenty-five (25) feet South of the Northeast corner of the said Lot EiIght (8), and from thence running North to the Northeast corner of said Lot Eight(8), and, and from thence ruunning West on the dividing line between said lots Seven (7) and Eight (8) of said subdivision to the place of beginning.