1680 East Shore Drive - Edwards Boat House / Halycon Villa

One source says that R. A. Edwards built on the lake in 1893

1897 - Jul 9 Mr. Edwards and family of Peru. Ind. have moved into their beautiful cottagecat “Halcyon Villa"

1898 - Plat Map Section 22 - H. B. Scott / aka Scotts Boat House

1898 - - No name listed - Wm. Van Shoiack Plat

1900 - which show the creek name as Aubeenaubee - sometime during the 1990's it was changed to Curtis

1900 - Richard A. Edwards Boathouse

1900 - Sep 7/8 - Lot for 100x100 Southeast side, between Edwards’ and Mitchell's cottages. Inquire of H. A. Wheeler, Shady Bluff, east side By 1898 plat map this would be lot marked T D Buck. Note think this is possibly this lot unsure lot sizes as depicted are deceiving.

1901 Aug 30 - A. R. Edwards will close Halcyon vila and return with his family to Peru today

1904 Aug 4 Mr. and Mrs. A. R. Edwards, of Peru, have opened Halcyon Villa for the remainder of the season

1904 - Sep 8 - Contracters Cline and Foss are building a 20x35 ft. boat house for R. A. Edwards.

1908

1908 - R. A. Edwards

1922

The "boathouse" whether reffered to as as Scotts, Halycon or Edwards from all photo views and placement on the 1900 biological survey map sat on the southwest side of Aub-bee-naub-bee creek on what is today the Ball property and remained on that property when it was re-divided using the creek as the "property line" for the North end of the Ball cottage (1746 E Shore) and the south side of Halycon Villa and the North portion which became 1680 East Shore drive. By the 1922 map all indications is that H. B. Scott (Hartwell Bryan Scott) sold all of Halycon Villa proeprty to R. A. Edwards (Richard Arthur Edwards) and it was after that that after 1922 R. A. Edwards sold the south portion of Halycaon Villa which was divided by Aub-bee-naub-bee creek to an unknown person as of yet and R. A. Edwards (Richard Arthur Edwards) retaining the North portion building possibly a new cottage on top of the hill which was still refered to as "Halycon Villa" in many early news quips in the Culver Citizen into the 1920's. To the south is labeled W. K. Sarber 1766 E Shore and it could of been a part of the Halycon property

1922 - R. A. Edwards & wife [Richard A. Edwards]

1924 - May 21 - Mrs Richard Edwards of Perus has been occupying the R. A. cotage since the middle of April while her new cottage is being built.

1928 Dec 5 - A Token if Appreciantion

Mr. and Mrs. Richard Edwards of the East Side, gave a Thanksgiving dinner Wednesday evening, Nov 28, to the men who have been building their new cottage, The dinner was given as a tieb of appreciation, The Edward's cottage when completed will be on of the most pleasant homes on the east side of the lake.

A drawing done by Marie (Shirk) Edwards showa the "Ball Cottage" aka "Ship House" ( Mrs. Richard Egbert)

1931 - June 17 - Mr. and Mrs Richard Edwards and son Richard Jr., of Peru, have opened their summer home on the Knoll for the remainder of the season

The Edwards Cottage

Became known as the " Osborn Cottage" and remained so until it was demolished in 2011; tho it passed through several different owners during this time period

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