209 South Main Street
Early history of this property as found:
March 3 1926 - Two of Culver's Oldest buildings Wrecked for Modern Structures...
Two of the oldest buildings in Culver are being dismantled this week...the other is
the store building on the corner of
Scott and State Streets, owned for many years by T. E. Slattery...
The old Slattery building together with the lot, was puirchased last week by Jess Crabb.
He will tear it down and erect a bungalow of the present day type which will further
the attractivness of that portion of the city.
This building was erected some forty years ago by one Antone Meyer of Terre Haute
for store purposes
During its lifetime, it has been occupied by many business enterprises.
Older residents of the community will recall years ago while
Culver's post office
was in the structure now used as a residence by Mrs. M. Koontz. Avery Clark was the postmaster
and storekeeper therin. An attempt was made to move the post office to the Meyer building, but
was thwarted by the general protested of the citizens of the community at the time
 1906 |
 1914 |
Dwelling - 1906 , 1914 Sanborn Maps |
?-1913 -
John Henry
& Margare Koontz
...The Citizen was sold in 1906 by Mr. Koontz to
Arthur B. Holt, of
Kankakee, Ill. Publisher Koontz died Aug. 12, 1913 at the age of 63 at the family home,
209 South Main Street, Culver. He was a member of Grace Reformed Church and is buried in the
Culver Cemetery. He was survived by his widow, Margaret Haas Koontz, a native of Bremen, now
deceased; a son, Erza Willard Koontz, who died July 23, 1951: and a daughter, Mrs. Margaret
Maude Hutchison of Chicago... - Oct 30 1957
 1924 |
 1937 |
Dwelling - 1924, 1925 postal addreess
assigned Margaret Koontz (Mrs. John Henry Koontz); 1937
Sanborn Maps |
1935 - 1940 - Enos & Mary Feece reside here during the 1940 Censsus & stated
they were living here in 1935
1961 - Telephone directory -
Verlin Schaffer
torn down after Feb 9 1967
Lot - Dr. Francis L. & Mary Ella Babcock ? - 1998, Jul
They had an inground swimming pool built on the lot.
1998-2002, Mar - Jeffery M. & Seana I Badalich
2002 - 2003, Aug - Cristian Condeiu & Dorota Lonoicka
2003, Aug-2017,Feb - David Beggs& Susan and James H. Wisniewski
2017, Feb - 2022 Stephen Donald & Katherine Flick Wehmeyer
OP LOT 2 LEGAL DESC: LOT 2 OF THOMAS K HOUGHTONS CORR & AMENDED PLOT TO TOWN OF UNIONTOWN LATER CALLED
MARMONT NOW CULVER CITY