644 Lake Shore Dr.

Section 16 History 1835-1922

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

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

Clyde Shively purchased the Swigart Building on Lake Shore Drive near the depot where he plans to open a general repair shop in about two weeks.

He will also have the local agency for Frigidaire Sales and service, Delco oil burners and Farm Burea products, including the gas station.

He is adding a 15X22 addition to the building . The front part will contain the office and display room and the back the repair shop.

1947 - Mar 19 - Clyde Shively is tearing down his building next to the express office and plans to replace it with a cement block building with a brick front for his Speciality Shop business

In the 1986 Marshall county history Genevieve wrote: He served as local postmaster under President Hoover (1930 8 Mar. - 1934).

When he retired from that position we started our own business which became an appliance store, selling Frigidaires, Maytag washers, gas stoves, along with Phillips Petroleum bottled gas. He serviced commercial refrigeration as well as household appliances. I canvassed the town at that time to find out who had electric refrigerators and who were prospects.

We sold the business to Al Poppe in 1957, and he has just retired and sold it to Dan Shively of Plymouth.

1957 - June 19 - New Merchants - This husband-and-wife buisness team, recent residents of Granger in St. Joseph county, are the new owners of the Shively Speciality Shop at 644 Lake Shore Drive. Clyde Shively started the appliance store in 1934 after his four-year term as Culver postmaster. Mr. Poppe formerly lived in this community and attended North Bend Township High School from 1918 to 1924. He operated his own business in South Bend befer he became a heating and cooling engineer.

Al Poppe - Ellen Poppe

1957 - Jul 31 - Chicago Motor Club branch - E M. Poppe

Culver Coffee House

2005, Apr 11 - Sanim Properties LLC / Culver Coffee Company Inc./Culver Coffee House Dawn Minas

They bought and expanded into 642 Lakeshore Dr..

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