Index for cottages and land owners, Plat Maps
I am changing to an all in one page for the listing of the lots and owners and plat maps - I believe this will be a greater
asset to the site - and allow easier access to all the pages and maps involved and give a reference point of what the
site contains also.
To quote Bob Rust from A Historical Review Grace United Chruch of Christ Culver , Indiana 1885-1985:
In the 1880's developement of lakeshore properties began. One parcel of 100 ft. frontage lots south of Maxinkuckee
Landing were offered for $200 to $300 each. Earlier a 160-acre farm, South Shore, Lake Maxinkuckee brough a record
price of $2.00 to S5.00 per acre. In 1906 Long Point lots were offered for $6.00 per frontoot, and in 1921, a 65-ft.
East Shore lakefront lot sold for $1,200.
I hope to connect everything from the 1876 plat maps forward but that will take time and much more research.
This is probably an incomplete listing probably of cottage lots and owners - but this is what was listed on the plat maps
of 1830/40, 1876, 1880, 1898, 1908 and 1922 and what I am able to decipher of it. I hope to connect everything
from the 1876 plat map forward but that will take time and much more research - in hopes of making an accurate
history and genealogy of the lake and along the way gathering pictures, maps, stories, myths, legends, biographies,
obitauries etc. to enhance it.
None of these listings are eteched in stone - it is probably just a partial listing from sources during this time period - and
based on known facts of 1922, on the plat map - everything may change if I can ever get the use of some of the
abstracts it they still exist or cottagers step forth with corrected data.
The 1953 to the present listing are from what Lake Directories I could get hold of, the GIS and newspaper articles.
I have started to split into separate pages for each cottage now as with more data - biography or tidbits found about the
people and cottages the main listing page was getting to karge and un-managable - the main link is either on the number
nly or on the cottage name; other interesting links about a person and cottage is also included as found.
The label as "non lakefront" is not meat to offend anyone - nor is it meant that it does not to have lake access it could very
well have, I have not delved into that aspect - the meaning is that the house/cottage and or property is NOT located on
the shores of Lake Maxinkucke or the lake side of the road - or thus directly connected to the lake it means that there is a r
oad and/or alley between it and the lake.
There is no plat map for 1953 - but the
list of cottages will be found here -
Early Land Owners |
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James F. D. Lanier's Land
Patents from U. S. Government and William Thompson's Land Patent from U. S. Government.
There are actual photocopies of these land patents. |
Abstracts |
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Cottage Roster - 1953-? |
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Index of cottages ; Biographies etc.
Culver Educational Foundation Properties
own of Culver Properties
Controversy of Davies Street
Washington Street Viaduct /Tressel
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Cottager Lists |
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Lists for those years from various sources |
First Plat Maps of Area |
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Early Maps showing the Indian Reservations. |
Plat Maps |
1872 - Plat Map
1876
1880
1881
1898
1908
1922
1925
about 1929
1936
1936 Plate of Lake
1948 Plat of Lake
1956 Plat of Lake
Plat map of Lake1961,
1962, Plat map of Lake
1963, Plat map of Lake
1967, Plat map of Lake
1968, Plat map of Lake
1972, Plat map of Lake
1974, Plat map of Lake
1976, Plat map of Lake
1978, Plat map of Lake
1979, Plat map of Lake
1995-6 - Plat map of Lake
1996 - Plat map of Lake
2005
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Plat map of the Lake |
Broken Down Plat Maps |
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Broken Down Plat maps of the Lake; the 1900 has the sections broke down an enlarged to show
detail - only a few cottagers listed - but some interesting facts, |
Sanborn Fire Maps |
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Fire insurance maps are the most detailed historical records of the urban landscape. From 1790 to
1961, nearly every U.S. town and Shown on these maps, sometimes in great detail, are virtually
every building, man-made structure and business standing at the time the survey was made. |
Forgotten cottages |
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These are the properties bought up by Culver Military Academy in the late 1920's and early 1930's
to protect them from encrouchment. Between the town Park and the Plamer Hotel (Culver Inn) |
cottages Unknown |
Fairview
Pine Tree |
These are the properties. Trying to Find location. Or some history has been given |
cottages known |
Caarson Cottage
Underwood Cottage |
These are the properties. The history has been given |
1896 -
Shows Indian paths & much more
1910 -
Postal Map<br>
1927 North East
Drive;
Satellite
Map
Old Clubs
Map
Early
Maps of the Area
Brochure Map - 1970-80's
Town of Culver 1970s_1980-s,
Birdseye view
1980's
1981 Plat map of Lake
1980-90's_ Lake Aerial View
1990's - Culver & Lake Maxinkuckee 1990's
1995 - Map of Town of Culver
Aerial Views
2005
Cottagers from 1834-1922 are take from the plat maps mainly and they are incomplete. The 1900 list is from the
Biological Survey book; the 1930 was a published list in the Culver Citizen. The 1903 I am compiling from the Lake
News Columns. The 1952 was from the telephone directory. The 1953 to present has been taken from the lake
directories and supplementing with the telephone directory
and other various sources.