1680 East Shore Drive - W. O. Osborn 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

1949 - Apr 27 - Mr. and Mrs. W. O. Osborn have attractive plans which they are carrying out in the extensive remodeling of their cottage on the east shore of the lake where work is progressing nicely.

1949-61 - William O. "Billy" Osborn

1958 Lake Directory - William 0. Osborn - 1680 East Shore Drive, Culver.

architectural design was it rebuilt, redesigned or just added to and refaced with limestone and the 3 car garage added to be attached to the house? which housed the auxillary power house in case of electical failure?

W. O. had the house built in 1949 (sic) - the re-facing, in Bedford stone, of the Osborn House at 1680 East Shore Lane, in 1949. The story that one heard David Burns tell was that he laid the limestone for the cottage and property and when Billy came home found him not there supposing sloughing off he would go on the hunt of him and bring him back to work for the day or evening.

I am very priveleges to own the watercolor painting done of the Osborn home dated 1990 by Esther Powers Miller

She always included a authenticty slip with each paimting and even the limited produced prints.

1979-80 - William O. Osborn & Arden Butler

1981-1984 - Arden and Frances E. (Osborn) Butler

1994-July 1986 - Frances E. (Osborn) Butler

July 1986 - Mar 1993 - Thomas Gene Spiece

Tom had the maghoney facing and mantle of the fireplace removed and replaced with a stone facing and mantle done by David Burns; David contributed some of the Indian tomahawk heads he had collected over the years to it; other stones Tom brought back from the middle east over seas - the rest well they were just common ordinary Indiana rock from surrounding fields David went scavenging for when he done a job. Also Tom wanted the motar to be black - that was hard on clothing and hard to get out. I took David's daughter Nancy C. (Burns) Jimenez along with me to south Bend to Old For Supply to to pick up some fire brick and other items for the job - she could not believe I was hauling it in the 1979 Oldsmobile station wagon - needless to say it dragged bottom all the way home from South Bend and I had put the back seat down and re-arranged the brick so that they were single layer fromthe front seat back - as the man at Old Fort wanted to put them all on the very back half/cargo area only. What one would not do to save money and in the name of a job around the lake!

He had cottages on the East Shore back in the 1980's and 1990's; first here and then at: at 1614 E Shore and since 2009 has had another at 986 West Shore

1993,Mar-2019,Sep - John R. Bernero

2018 - Sep 7 - This beautiful historic cottage/house was up for sale.... by the wording of the ads it seems it is doomed as a "tear-down" property.... Renovate this solid home with so many unique architectural details OR build a new cottage or more! So many options! Two hook-ups already in place for the North Shore Corp. sewer district. Its been on the market again - for about 97 days as: Renovate this solid home with so any unique architectural features OR build a new cottage or two! SELLER MAY DIVIDE THE LAND WITH AN ACCEPTABLE OFFER ON THE NORTH HALF OF THIS PROPERTY - WHICH WOULD BE APPROXIMATELY 110' +/- OF LAKE FRONTAGE. So many options!

The stone fireplace was built by David B. Burns (1909-1990) for Tom Spiece (see above) it replaced a maghoney wood mantle

2019 - Aug. 8 & 15 - Public Hearing on an application for the creation 01 the Benero Minor Subdivision.

The existing 1.1 acre parcel is proposed for a subdivision into 2 lots, with approximate average size of .55 acres per lot. The proposed subdivision is located at 1680 East Shore Drive, Culver, Marshall County...... Aug. 20....

COM 230' S NW COR LOT 4 S 238' PRT L4

Its been on the market again - for about 97 days as:

Renovate this solid home with so any unique architectural features OR build a new cottage or two! SELLER MAY DIVIDE THE LAND WITH AN ACCEPTABLE OFFER ON THE NORTH HALF OF THIS PROPERTY - WHICH WOULD BE APPROXIMATELY 110' +/- OF LAKE FRONTAGE. So many options!

Bernero East Shore Sudivision Lot 1 1680 E. Shore Lot 2 - Bernero East Shore

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