638 Lakeshore Dr. - Express Office & Shively Specicalty Shop

NOTE - this needs more research for the early years - before 1967 as address building numbers seemed to have varied in this area and this area seems to be a bit murkey as yet The history exact location of

632 Lakeshore Drive

634 Lakehore

638 Lake Shore - Railway Express Offfice

642 Lakeshore Drive

644 Lakeshore

are they one in the same buildings or seperate buildings? And just a change of address numbers

A comparison of the area over the years

Aerial View with lot lines

Did this comprises of what was two business buildings at one time and one bore the address of 648 Lake Shore Drive

.	Section 16 - 500.90A 1835 Original Survey
Section 16 c. 1837 500.90A (North shore town and academy)

1872 - Section. 16 Est. of I N Morris 105 A ( also 80 A) J. Duddleson - 30.60A & 10A T. Houghton 90A. J. HOughton Acreage not stated J ___ name illegible 4A G. A. Durr 10A Lot no name no acreage stated G. A. Durr 5A? - res (Lot 2 3A & 3A) Dr. Durr No amount Stated lots as if to be 2 large L D W [Lorenzo W. Wiseman]

1876 - J. Castleman - 190A 1876 Section 16 1850-1876 I. N. Morris 175/185a   [Isaac N. Morris] - 185 A

1880 North Section 16 - 500.90 Acres Town I N Morris 185.34 B. W. Watt 15.50A LakeView Club 15A J Duddleson 109.31A Tho. Houghton 90A. J. E. Houghton 19.60A E Parker 27 A

From the Logansport Daily Journal page 3 dated Aug. 27, 1882:

All the preliminaries for the extension of the Logansport branch of the Vandalia railway to Lake Michigan have been satisfactorily adjusted, and upon compliiance with a few easy conditions the contact will be closed, and the work will be commenced and pushed to completion.

Readers of the Journal are familiar with the route of this line to Marmont (Maxinkuckee), and will have no difficulty in following it to South Bend and the lake...
With these advantages before them, our citizens are asked to consider one of the conditions above named, which condition is that the right of way shall be furnished free to the new line thorugh our county. The estimated cost of this right of way is from $7,000 to $10,000 and it is proposed to raise the amount by subscription. A consideraable portion of this subscription has already been secured, and a committee appointed for that purpose will make an effort to raise the remainder during the present week...

1883 - Oct 6 - The.Vandalia railroad company commenced laying iron at Marmount a d ay or two ago, and-withln a short time the tract will be completed from Maxinkuckee lake to the Nickle Plate railroad, a distance of about three miles,- Logansport Pharos Tribune

The Colonade Hotel a. 8 May 1981 (formerly refered to as "the railroad resturant" which became the Ohmer House c. 12 June 1886) which burnt on 27 April 1900; as pictured in this photo would of sat off to the left, and would of probably occupied the area from Bennett's to possibly Brockey's Insurance

1898 - Section 16 L. C. Dillion - 10A, 99.31A, 79.76, 75.60A T. Houghton 89A A. Roughton E. Duddle(son) 9.60A E. Morris 21.49A/Morris Lake Front Plat T. H. & L RRR Lake View Club 15 A. J. J. Bryant Depot Incorporated Limits of Culver

1900 - Evermans' Biological Survey

1904, Jun 8 - The Colonade lot, now owned by T. E. Slattery, s occupied by a promiscuous lot of tents such as lunch. lemonade and peanut, also a barber shop.

1908

1908 Appears to be empty lot. / Vandalia Park

The Express office was original in the depot building

1905 - Apr. 5 - W. S. Easterday has secured the signatures of the business men for the removal of the Adams Express Office from the depot to Easterday's store in the business district, and for his appointmet as aget to succeed Mr. Shugrue, resigned. 1919 - Jan 15 - Express Office Will Remove
A new location and another agent is being sought for the express company.

Under government management the business of the express company and the railroads is being disassociated.

In the case of Culver the railroad agent must work more than eight hours if he handles the express business. This he is not obliged to do.

Where the office will be located or who willbe the agent awaits the visit of the district superintendent.

It is not probable, however, that the office will be brought uptown as the bulk of the business is with the academy. For instance, on Satgurday morning there were 4 deliveries for uptown and about 40 for the academy

1919, Jan 22 - The Express Office A building 20X20 is being put up opposite the depot on a lot leased from T. E. Slattery for the accomodation of the express office. It will contain two rooms, each 10X20 one for an office and the other for storage. A. L. Warner has been appointed agent and will take charge Feb 1 or sooner if the building is ready. [Aaron L Warner]

1920 - Jan 14 - the Vandalia opened an office in the express office as a result of the depot being destroyed by fire.

1922 - Unknown Store. Clicking on photo will bring larger map Railway Express agency

1924 - "s" - 1924 - Listed as 'S' 2nd from right small building. Railway Express agency

1923 - c.1945-1930, Apr. - Clyde Shively, manager, local express agent

Shively Agent Since 1923

"Dick" Shively first began as local gent in 1923 but he reliquished the job on four different occasion during the period.

1930 - Jan 15 - To Washington D.C. - Clyde Shvely, local express agent left last week for Washington D. C. on a three week vacation. This trip is open to all express agents who have been in service for five years or more. Mrs. Howard Oberlin has charge on the express office in his absence.

1930, Apr-1935 - Sep 4 - Ira Cromley, manager, local express agent

1920 - Apr 2 - Ira Cromley has been appointed agent at the local express office to take the place of Clyde Shively

1931 - Jul 1 - Express Company starts free Delivery Service - The long sought free express delivery service will be inaugurated by the localoffice today. The company will not only deliver express free or charge but will also call for express packages for shipment

1933 - Apr 19 - Dale Cromley Featured In Express Magazine

A picture of Dale Wayne, two year old son of Mr. and Mrs. Ira R. Cromley, as featured along with a write-up of Culver in "The Express Messenger" April issue, published by the Railway Express Agency.

The article follows: According to -Agent Ira A. Cromley at Culver, Ind there is a comparatively new expressrepresentative in town;

"He is Dale Wayne, two years old, who, according to his proud father, "is the real boss and has his delivery wagon and everything." And his wagon is labelled "Railway Express" see the accompanying picture!

"Just a word about Culver, Ind., which has gained no little fame because it is the home of the Culver Military Academy. Actually, the town has a popula tion of 1,502, but handles a volume of express business far in excess of what one would expect, under the circumstances.

The academy, according to Agent Cromley, Sr., has a normal enrollment of around 675 boys of preparatory school age and is second only to West Point in equipment and training, although under private management.

"Every fall and spring, a large amount of baggage of the cadets moves, as well as during the Christmas holidays, when the boys go home for the Yuletide season.

Then, the Academy has a constant incoming flow of traffic by express, which keeps the local Railway Express office busy prac.tically all the time.

Nearby is Lake Maxinkuckee, the second largest and one of the most beautiful in the state. The shores are lined with around 200 cottages and during the warmer months there is a migration of summer , residents, who use the express service exclusively in obtaining their supplies, luggage and equipment from their home towns.".

1935, Sep 11 - Shively In Charge of Local Express Office Again

C. L. Shively is again manager of the Culver express office, taking over the duties Sept. 5, from Ira Cromley who resigned to join his father, J. H. Cromley on the farm

The duties of the express office are not new to Mr. Shively, who and served in that cpacity for over five years until he had resigned to become postmaster in April 1930, which office he held for four years.

He will continue to conduct his present business in addition to acting as express agent.

The express delivery service will be handled by Dormand Mikesell.

1935 - Sep 18 - ...Shively Specialty Shop and at the latter place a door was has been built that connect with the express office.

638 Lakeshore Dr. - "S" 1937 Sanborn Fire Map. In 1924 no street/postal numbers were assigned on the Sanborn Map but on the 1937 map the street/postal numbers appeared. Many still did not use the street/postal numbers in their advertising etc. until the late 1950's they hung on to the reference in relation of location from the depot.

1940 - 642 - the Applicance store ; 638 the express office, 640 Johnson buildine

1945 - Oct 17 - Buys Express Office - A transaction was completed Tuesday whereby Howard Doll bought the express business and building of Clyde L. Shively. Mr. Shively will move his specialty shop to the Johnson Apt. Building.

1945-1950 - Howard E, Doll - Express Agent.

Howard Ellis Doll BIRTH 5 Sep 1901 Culver, Marshall County, Indiana DEATH 7 May 1965 Kingman, Mohave County, Arizona, BURIAL Mountain View Cemetery Kingman, Mohave County, Arizona, son of Peter James Doll Sr and Cora Alice Sickman

married May 1925 Plymouth, Indiana, Sereda Charline Shively Birth 16 Oct 1906 New Death 24 Mar 2001 daughter of Charles W. SHively & Emma Bumbarger & brother to Clyde Shively

Children:
Magaret Eileen Doll Birth 9 Oct 1926 Culver, Marshall, Indiana Death 26 Jul 2015 ' probably Bullhead City, Ariz. married Devon Kuhn

Barbara Ann- Doll Birth 20 Jun 1935 Culver, Indiana Death Jun 2003 Harvey, Wells, North Dakota married Allan Wallstead

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After Mar 19 , 1947 - Left to right - Shively's Appliance, former Railway Express agency and the Johnson Hotel,

1946 - Jun 12 - Marshall Buys Former Slattery Property

James Marshall has purchased the property owned by the Slattery estate oppostie the town park on Lake Shore Drive.

The lots extend from the Coffee Shop to the Shively Apartments and from Lake Shore Drive to Pearl Street.

No Change in present tenants is contemplated.

As soon as possible a building is to be erected next to the Shively Shop to house the General Sheet Metal Works operated by "Red" Seese.

A Parking lot will be built in the vacant area which once housed a restaurant and dance hall. They were destroyed by fire s everal years ago.

NOTE: 1904, Jun 8 - The Colonade lot, now owned by T. E. Slattery, is occupied by a promiscuous lot of tents such as lunch. lemonade and peanut, also a barber shop. 1 is the Coffee Shop now a part of the Lakehouse and 2 is the Shively Apartments which housed Bennett's

1959 - Jun 17 - Obituary: Culver Express Office Discontinued...

The Railway Express Agency which is owned and operated by several of the nation's largest railroads, and which fighting desperately for its own survival, yesterday closed its Culver office in a general retrenchment to move to cut down operating expenses...

Culver, Knox, and Rochester hereafter will be served by a consolidated office at Plymouth. The Citizen understands that this community will have free pickup and delvery as usual. But our readers are reminded that if you aren't home to receive them your express packages will be returned to Plymouth for some future delivery. People who live on rural routes will not be served...

The Citizen has long been critical of the miserable serivce given Culverites by the Raiway Express Agency which has been making delvieries here just twice weekly in recent months...

This criticism of the Railway Express Agency in no way concerns Clyde L Shively, local agent, who did the best within his power to function for a moribund organization whose days are definitely numbered...

Shively Agent Since 1923

"Dick" Shively first began as local gent in 1923 but he reliquished the job on four different occasion during the period.

Mrs. Shively began serving the express company ever earlier in 1919, when her father A. L. Warner, operated the Culver Agency...

Mr. and Mrs Shively have served the community conscienitiously through the years and all patrons will miss this pleasant buisness relationship.

1961-1965/6, Mar - Kowatch Painting, Decorating,Plumbing, and Heating - Jack B. Kowtach. It is believed that this actually opened as a "new office" in the Express office building but there is no ads giving an address for it - and there is ony the 1961 phone book availiable that would possibly have an address for it.

1954 - May 5 - Jack Kowatch and Sam Strang who have launched a new painting and decorating partnership... 1954 - May 26 Kowatch & Strang Painters and Decorators Interior and Exterior - 122 College Avenue

1960 - 6 Jan - Is found "Jack Kowatch, local build contractor, built the Dr. Frank Ikirt osteopathic clinic; but no formal "business name" was given.

1960 - Mar 9 - Three unused radiators have been removed from the Public Library in preparation for redecorating by Jack Kowatch, This area will be used for additional shelves

. 1961 - Not listed in the 1961 Telephone Directory

1961 - Feb 1 - ...water heater...May be seen at my new office building on Lake Shore Drive across from Town Park in Culver, Jack Kowatch

1963 -Jul 3 - the new ranch home of the Frank Setzler's at 950 East Shore Drive. The Kowatch Heating & Plumbing have the heating and plumbing contract



Apr 18 1962 was the first "by line ad" found - as "Kowatch Painting, Decorating, Plumbing, and Heating " and the last was Dec 12, 1965 in joint multi-business ads supporting groups/holidays; have not found small individual ads for these years.

1965 - Apr. 29 - There is no pictures of the Cummins/ Johnson Building being razed and the new additon of 438 Lakeshore being expanded onto the lot being constructed in the Citizen; also as with the name change from Kowatch to Bennett's there appeared no formal announcement in the newspaper. It is said that David Burns laid the limestone facing on the building

This shows the 2 store fronts that existed the Blue was the Johnson Building'

Tho the building is "one" and sits on both lots because of structural changes through the years the lots seemd to be listed as seperate

?-c1965, Apr.-2012, Apr. building owner - Jack B. & Catherine L. Kowtach

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