Peru Club - Peeples Point
Todays addresses are 874 E. Shore Dr and
894 East Shore Dr
1879 - Maxinkuckee Lake
has an excellent discription of the Peru House
The Peru Club was organized in 1878-9. The organizing members is said to have been
Louis B. Fulwiler [Louis V. Fulwiler],
Moses Muhlfield,
Milton Shirk,
John Muhlfield,
and Mrs. Lizzie Wiggins,
and others of Peru. They purchased on the northeast bank of the lake on Peeples
Point and erected a two story club house. It disbanded several years before 1908;
or around 1905 it is said. This account comes from Mc Donald's "An Early History
of Lake Maxinkuckee"
In 1878-9 Louis B. Fulwiler, Moses Muhlfield, and others of Peru, purchased ground
and erected a two-story clubhouse on the northeast bank of the lake. The club in
its earlier days was one of the most noted organizations on the lake, and its
disbandment a number of years ago was a distinct loss to the cottagers who made
their homes around the lake during the summers - History of Marshall County Indiana
(1908) Daniel Mc Donald pg. 100
1880 - July 29
"Point Pleasant," the finest location on the lake. On this projection Messrs.
B. Fulwiler, J. S. Hale, Milton Shirk and John Miihlfeld, of Peru, and Mrs.
Lizzie Wiggins, formerly of this city, have erected a substantial and
comfortable house for the use of themselves and invited friends.
The "Peruvians"' have named their summer resort "'pleasant" and it is most
admirably named, for they know how to make it pleasant for you when you call
down at "three.''
After quaffing a glass of delicious butter-milk" ( ?) from the spring house,
we wore "taken in tow" by Messrs. Muhlfled and Fulwiler.
They have about an acre fenced.
The house is two stories with
DOUBLE PIAZZAS
in east and south sides. The upper story is used for sleeping rooms and the
lower for dining and reception room The club has four row boats, the "Blossom,"
the 'Peru", "Fire Fly" and "Oscar."
The Oscar is barge built, with cushioned seats and canopied top.
They also have one sail boat, the Nancy Lee".
Bidding goodbye to our new-found friends we are rowed out to our sail boat
in the Blossom.
The Peru people have spent some $1,500 in fitting up their place.
From the 15th Annual Report to the Governor, 1886 MAXINKUCKEE. W. H. THOMPSON AND S. E. LEE.
Near Mr. Vajen's place, on the east, the Peru Club has its Club House, and here the club
has bored to a depth of one hundred and sixty feet, ending in obdurate hardpan. The flow
of water from some higher stratum of sand is weak, being about an eighth of an inch from
a two-inch pipe. No section could be obtained.
The Puru Club house |
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1896 - oct 16 Friday - Workmen will soon begin work on the Peru grounds, remodeling
the old cottage and building new ones. Culver City herald
1899 - May 12 - Mr Milton Shirk and Mr. Bronell {Brownell} have divided their interests in the Peru Club
grounds. The old club house has been moved to the north end of the lot to make room for a new
cottage which Mr. Bronell {Brownell} will build in time for the coming Season... The finest
cottage, more like a palace is now being built by Mr. Milton Shirk, on his extensive grounds,
near the Maxenkuckee piers (
1322 E. Shore).
This cottage will be new in every detail, having all the modern improvements - Culver City Herald
J. K. Mawhorter, Culver’s famous tinner has taken the contract to put a complete troughing
around the roof of the Peru House, and will also do the tin work on the Brownell cottage,
Shirk cottage, and the Dr. Benepe cottage. 23 Jun 1899 - Culver City Herald
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Which is proven by the 1908 plat map which shows it as one big lot being owned by
Chas. Brawnell/Brownell |
and by 1922 it hade been split into 3 lots belonging to Alma Kittle, Lilla D.
Detcham and Lillie Deming; and the Peru Club being located approximately in the middle of
the once large lot. |
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And as one sees in the picture the club did not sit on the point but back from
it, the pictures are decpetive in distance.
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And below is the plated area of the Peru club of today; the top portion
highlighted it light blue and yellow being
874 East Shore dr "Fairwinds" Some of the
property to the bottom right hand side I have blotted out could of been a part of the Peru
Club/Charles Brownell property also. |
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And below is the plated area of the Peru club of today; the bottom portion highlighted it
light blue and yellow being
894 East Shore dr.Some of the poprerty to
the bottom right thats I have blotted out could of been a part of the Peru Club/Charles Brownell
property also. |
1898 -- Peru Club
1901 - Apr 12 - Mrs. J. I. Ketcham and family will go to Maxinkuckee next week to
reamin until fall. They have taken the Peru clubhouse for the season- Indianapolis
News
1908 --
Chas. Brawnell
[Charles H. Brownell] by 1908 this large lot was slit down to:
and also known as Peoples Point - listed on the current fishing maps as Perry's Point.
The club house was purported to have sat on the
property of Norman Perry (894 East Shore Dr ) the account of 12 May 1899 states the
old club house was moved and Charles H. Brownell was to have built a new cottage on the lot.
John Simpson Hale Birth 18 Nov 1843 Indiana Death 20 Apr 1882 Peru, Miami, Indiana,BURIAL
Mount Hope Cemetery Peru, Miami County, Indianas on of Mathew Robert Hale and Mahala Sally
Ledford married 11 Jan 1869 Miami, Indiana, Harriet H. Stutesman Harriet H. Stutesman
Birth 23 Dec 1848 Peru, Miami, Indiana Death 7 Mar 1897 Peru, Miami, Indiana BURIAL
Mount Hope Cemetery Peru, Miami County, Indiana,daughter of James Madison Stutzman and
Elizabeth Ann Sheilds |
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