Holt Ice House

The ice business of Lake Maxinkuckee started probably much earlier than 1882 but thus far this is the earliest mention of the ice harvesting or ice house of Lake Maxinkuckee -

It is found that as early as 1882 by a Mr. Holt who built an Ice House on West Shore Drive just north of the outlet. Another says it that was Medbourn (but years later he acquired after others acquired it) .

It has been found that ice was shipped from Lake Maxinkuckee as early as 1888 and selling it in Evansville:

HOLT-BRANDON ICE & COLD STORAGE COMPANY.

The Holt-Brandon Ice & Cold Storage Company originated with M. C. Brandon, who started in 1886 with three or four teams hauling coal from the Diamond coal mines and in 1888 he established an office on Main street in this city. During the summer of the same year he began shipping lake ice from Lake Maxincuckee, Indiana, and selling it in Evansville.

In 1891 he established an office at No. 414 North Eighth street, continuing until October, 1894, when ground was broken for the erection of a plant in this city for the manufacture of ice. A large and increasing business having been developed and the time for further extension having arrived, the Holt-Brandon Ice & Cold Storage Company was incorporated in 1895 with Sterling R. Holt, of Indianapodis, as president, and M. C. Brandon as secretary and treasurer. The company began the manufacture of ice and also entered upon a general cold storage business. The original ice machine had a capacity of twenty-five tons per day, but six or seven years ago the machine was increased to forty tons per day and the ice storage capacity to three thousand tons. Last year, owing to additional demands, on account of the growing population and the increasing popularity of the system, the ice storage capacity was brought up to four thousand tons and another ice machine was installed by which the output is more than doubled and the company is now able to meet all calls from whatever quarter.

In 1901 Mr. Holt sold his interest in the business to M. C. Brandon and Harry Loewenthal, Mr. Brandon becoming president and treasurer and Mr. Loewenthal secretary and manager of the company, in which positions they remained until the death of Mr. Brandon, March 11, 1909. Mr. Loewenthal is now the president and D. A. Jansen, who became associated with Mr. Brandon in the business in February, 1888, is secretary and treasurer. The principal object of the company is to supply the local trade and large shipments are also made to points in southern Indiana, northern Kentucky and southern Illinois. The company gives employment to forty-five or fifty persons, owns a complete outfit of wagons and teams and is thoroughly up-to-date in everything pertaining to the ice and cold storage business.

Mr. Jansen is a native of Evansville and was educated in the public schools. He is thoroughly acquainted with the business to which he has devoted more than twenty years and in which he has exhibited qualifications of a high order, winning the onfidence and respect of his business associates. In 1908 he was happily married with Miss Lillian Gleich- man and one child, Amy, is the result of the union.

Mr. Loewenthal was born at Leavenworth, Kansas, in 1863. He came to Evansville in 1880 and was for a number of years identified with the manufacture of clothing in this city. He became a member of the Holt- Brandon Ice & Cold Storage Company in 1901 and has since devoted his attention with remarkable success to this business. He is a son of Loewenthal, for many years well known as a dry-goods merchant, who retired from active life three years before his death, which occurred December 8, 1908. In 1895, at Evansville, Harry Loewenthal was united in marriage to Miss Julia Bitterman. They have four children: Edwin, Jack, Philip and Arthur. Mr. Loewenthal occupies an honorable position in social and business circles and is an active member of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks of the city. - pg. 258-9 A History of the City of Evansville and Vanderburg County, Indiana 1910 By Frank M. Gilbert

1891 - The Ice houses were built some time during this year or before - Armstrong, Sam Medbourn and Sterling Holt were the proprietors. Maxinkuckee Ice Company employs 25-200 for annual ice harvest.

In an interview with John Houghton, William Easterday recalled that his father was the one who had prepared the Holt Ice House site for construction of the ice houses using a horse drawn scraper to dig it out.

Tho not a comprehesive history of the ice company here is some vague information on the Holt Ice Comp any, how it originated -

Sterling R. Holt, came to Indianapolis in 1869. He was then but nineteen years of age...

Indianapolis Ice Company
Wholesale and Retail Ice
223 West Walnut St.

This company commenced operations in this city in 1876...The individual members of the company are: E. J. Armstrong, S. R. Holt, and J. W. Armstrong...

Sterling R. Holt...about 1873 he opened a drug store which was located at 164 West Washington street, the enterprise was conducted for the ensuieng seven years, during the last four years of which Mr. Holt was also engaged in the ice business. In 1880 he disposed of his interest in the drug store and became associated with others in the organization of the Indianapolis Ice Company. In 1888 was made a division of the business and he retained control of its wholesale department...He finally became interested in ice companies in various other cities and towns of the state, and his i nvestments in this line are now extensive and important oder. The Indanapolis enterprise is conducted under his own name and is the largest of the kind in the city....

Sources: Manufacturing and mercantile resources of Indianapolis, Indiana : a review of its manufacturing, mercantile & general business interests, advantageous location, &c. : to which is added a historical and statistical sketch of its rise and progress unknown: unknown, 1883, 630-1; Greater Indianapolis : the history, the industries, the institutions, and the people of a city of homes Chicago: Lewis Pub. Co., 1910, Dunn, Jacob Piatt, pg. 1154-5; Indiana and Indianans : a history of aboriginal and territorial Indiana and the century of statehood Chicago: American Historical Society, 1919, pg. 2200

1895 - Col. H. B. Holt, Indianapolis, who has 9 Ice Houses, plans to build 12 more. Ice brings high price in Logansport, Indianapolis.

The Marmont Herald of 25 Jan 1895 was found these two articles:

Ice for Millions
Over Four Hundred Car Loads Cut Thus Far this Season
An Not Half of the Ice Houses Filled Yet
An Industry that is a God-send to the Laboring men in the winter

One of the greatest industries in Marmont is the Ice Business, as thousand of car loads are taken from the lake during the winter months, and in the summer ice tansported to the larger cities. Col. S. R. Holt, of Indianapolis, the "ice king", has already nine large ice houses here and were are reliably informed, will erect a dozen or more during the summer.

The Ice cut form Maxinkuckee Lake is of superior quality and brings a higher price in the market. During the harvesting of the ice from two to three hundred men are employed, that is when running a full force, and it is only a bonanza for the laboring men in this place, but scores of famers have the oppertunity to easn a little extra "change" which comes in handy, especially at this time of the year, aside from the filling of the houses that belong to the company, there are a score or more private houses that are filled. Which employ a large force of men.

The business of the Holt Ice Company at this time is managed by Sam Medbourn who throughly understands the manipulating everything to direct interest of the company. From $1.00 to $1.50 per day is paid to the men, and when we say about $15,000 is left here every year, the outside world can readily see the magnitude of this mamouth industry, and when the other houses are built, will greatly increase the above amount; and when the Nickle Plate spur is run to Marmont, giving a direct line from Chicago to New York other ice companies will surely locate here and carry on a tremendous business. .....

1896 - Dec. 11 - Edward Holt, who has been a resident of this city for the past six years, left for Indianapolis, where he will take a position with his brother, S. R. Holt. While here, by his gentlemanly manners and courteous treatment of all who had the honor of his acquaintance, he has won the confidence and esteem of the entire community, who wish him success
1896 - dec 18 - Monday, the Maxenkuckee Ice company transfered its horses from South Bend to Culver City. They are excellent horses and of the large draft variety. Tuesday morning the hostler repaired to the barn found one of the animals dead in his stall, probably casued by heart trouble

This is where Verl Shaffer "Verl the Barber" now lives on South Street. This area was known as "Cob Hill"; according to David Burns - the name originated for the area because it was filled in with corn cobs.

The Holt Ice House, Samuel E. Medbourn was manager. This ice house was cut off from the lake by the Vandalia railroad. Thus when a trains went through the track had to be cleared of any activity and ice and work had to halted for a period of time. Eventually Samuel E. Medbourn purchased the Holt Ice House and in 1905 Charles Medbourn was manager.

From the: Pictorial Histories: Terre Haute up_To_Date (1896) Terre Haute: Moore and Langen pg. 29 is found as follows:

Maxinkuckee Ice Company - ...formed in 1894 by Sterling B. Holtz of Indianapolis, John Pitman , and Sam E. Medbourn. It was incorporated in 1894 with Sterling B. Holtz, President; John Pitman, Secretary and Sam E. Medbourn, Treasurer...has plant for both natural and artificial ice in Indianapolis, Evansville, Brazil and South Bend and for natural ice in this city, Logansport and Marmont, Indiana... the ice houses have at Lake Maxinkuckee a storage capacity of 30,000 tons... The business office here is under the management of John Pitman...counted as one of Terre Haute's most enterprising citizens and able businessmen.

1896 - May 29 the Culver Herald record this:

Horrible Accident Last Friday morning George W. Smith, a resident of Culver City, met with a horibble accident about 7:13 a.m.

He had been employed by the Maxinkuckee Ice Company assisting to load cars with ice and upon the fatal monring mentioned was about 10 minutes late. When he arrived at the ice houses several men were pushing two frieght cars along the switch track intending to get them into position to load.

Smith was upon the east side of the main track talking with a fisherman when he glanced south and saw the morning passenger only a few rods away coming toward the north. In an instant he sprang ahead of the passenger train and took hold of one of the cars being pushed by the boys, ostensively for the purpose of assisting, when in some manner one of the truck rails caught his boot and he fell face forward across the track under the cars and realizing his awfully danger rolled his body outside the track while the crew of the wheels ran over his legs just below the knee joints, crushing and mangling them in a fearful manner.

The unfortunate man was taken to his home a few blocks distant and doctors Wiseman and Rea were summoned who skillfully attended the badly injured man. When he was injured and during the terrible ordeal of having his wounds dressed exhibited remarkable nerve, never fainting not in the least flinching during the operation. The physicians have hopes if nothing of a serious nature sets in that the man will recover, although he will be badly crippled.

It has been stated that Mr. Smith was accidently pushed under the car by one of the men, which is a mistake.

Smith's own story is as follow: "I ran ahead of the passenger train and took hold of something upon the frieght car, when Jones, a deaf and dumb mute, in his haste to get between the cars when the passenger train was going by pulled my hand loose and as the truck had already caught my boot I was undable to hold myself up, consquently fell under the car and was run over by the rear trucks."

The above story is empathically denied by Jones...
Four years ago last Tuesday, Geo. Smith, who was an employeed of the maxinkuckee Ice Company, fell under a moving frieght car which was being pushed by the men, and his legs were crushed and mangled in a horrible manner. drs. Rea and wiseman were called who fixed up the injured legs, and for weels looked after the man, and through their skill, when he left his bed he not only had his two legs, left, but could walk by the use of a cane, and to day, although he is crippled for life can walk withou the use of cane or crutches. Here is a clear case of skill on the part of the physicians who knew their business, and applied their knowledge to the case. Most physicians would have sawed off the legs at once, and from the result of which in all probability the man wold have died. - May 25, 1900 - Culver Herald.

1896 - August - 12 - It is said shipping of Ice from Culver was halted for the season as Maxinkuckee Ice Co. had exhausted its supply of ice except for what was reserved for local use.

1896 Aug 16 Joseph F. Deitrich, agent of the Maxinkuckee Ice company here, was drowned in the Chicago river, at Chicago, at 2 o'clock this morning. Mr. Deltrich was one of the ex cursioclsts from this city to Chicago via the Vandalla and Lake Michigan...Mr. Deitrich, with several friends including Samuel Teeple, the carpenter, were seated on the Graham & Morton dock at the foot of Wabash avenue. The docks are very narrow, and being tired and sleepy, the glare of the electric lights effected his vision so that when he got up to walk about, he slipped oft into the river and drowned before anything could be done to save him. ...Saturday night Logansport Pharos Tribune

1896 - Aug 21 - Charles Waken, of Terre Haute, has been appointed manager of the Maxinkuckee Ice company here, in place of Joseph Deltrich, who was drowned at Chicago Logansport Pharos Tribune

1896 - Aug 21 - For the first time in some years the Maxenkuckee Lake Ice Co. have exhausted their supply of ice before the season has finished. They have saved enough to supply Culver City for the rest of the season but will now have to depend on their ice factories or foreign trade.

1896 Sep 18 We are informed by Mr. Samuel Medbourn that there will be nine ice houses to fill this winter, which will give employment to a large number of laboring men for weeks, that is, provided we genuine freeze up.

1897 - Jan. 1 - Samuel Medbourn. the efficient manager of the Maxenkuckee Ice Co., has everything ready to commence cutting ice as soon as old Boreas takes a trip down this way an furnishes said article. We understand that there are nine mammoth houses to fill.

1897 - Jan 29 - During the fore part of the week the thermometer ranged from 22 to 25 degrees below the zero mark. Hence ice has accumulated very fast on old lake Maxinkuckee, and when the elevators at the ice houses were started Wednesday morning the ice was about 8 inches thick and of a very fine quality. There are nine houses to fill. - - The Maxenkuckee Ice Co. started their second ice bouse this morning

1897 - Feb 6 - PUTTING UP ICE.

A Marvelous Site to Those Witnessing tlie Operation for rhe First Time

Last Sunday reporter a reporter for the Herald visited the ice houses of Holt & Co. situated in this city. There he found about 100 men busy scraping snow, plowing ice with horses and running the crystal cakes through a canal to the elevators. The elevators art; built about one hundred feet above the level of the ground and' on a fashion of an inclined plane. The ice is cut in blocks about two and half feet. square, which pass one after the other up the elevator in. single file, and as there are two carriages, two rows of ice continually pass up at a time. When tlie blocks arrive at the top of the elevators they take a shoot down the incline upon a track that resembles a toboggan slide which passes om the rear of the six houses. The ice passes down these slides at lightning speed. Men are stationed at tlhe entrance of each house with hooks, and as the ice whirls down the incline the man with the hook turns the cake so as to pass it into the house. Pen can not describe the scene, but when we say that with a full force of men at work 100 car-loads a day can be stored in the houses, something like an adequate idea can be formed as to the capacity of the company for putting up ice. Everyman has his, place, aud everything works upon a clock-work system, and under the supervision of Mr Samuel Medbourn each man has his part to perform wiht no chance to shirk his duty.
each man has his part to per-

1904 - Thus by this time - by the way the lease reads Holts sold the Ice company property to the Terre Haute and Logansport Railway Company. This is the Ice house at the area refered to as "The Hole" - A two page lease for the privilege of occupying and using the existing ICE HOUSE.. ,together with the necessary machinery for propertly handling and loading ice, cut from Lake Maxinkuckee,and which is to be shipped over the railroad. The lease from the Terre Haute and Logansport Railway Company to the Maxinkuckee Lake Ice Company is dated May 25,1904 and signed by W. B. Hollingsworth as President of the ice company.

1905 - Feb 16 - The ice on Lake Maxinkuckee is now 24 inches thick and clear as a crystal - - The ice houses are practically all filled with the finest and clearest ice harvested for years. - - The Maxinkuckee Ice Company has shipped this season, 440 carloads of ice to Indianapolis and other points south

1906 - Listed as the Maxinkuckee Lake Ice Co. on the 1906 Sanborn map, this is the one located in what is or was referred to as "the hole". And the labeling reads: "3/4 mile S. E. of P.O."; P.O. = Post office and it seems to the the centralized area of measurement for distance of all buildingson them map.

1906 - Feb 12 - At Lake Maxinkuckee J.H. Reamer and W. B. Hollingsworth, owners of the Maxinkuckee Lake Ice company have commenced filling their icehouse with the finest quality of ice eight and one-half inches thick, ' they say, ever harvested. The ice is so clear and transparent that pebble's and sand on the bottom of the lake can be seen through.the ice. As the season for cutting is so far advanced and the shortage of the ice crop all over the country so general, the company will work day and night to get enough ice to fill the large contracts it holds - Logansport Daily Pharos

1906 12- June A big block of Ice Houses near the south end of town burned at noon. The Bucket brigade was ineffectual in saving them. They were re-built before the winter's ice harvest.

1906 Jun 23 - The Maxinkuckee Ice company will build new ice houses this season at the lake to take; the place of those burned. The greater portion of the ice stock has been saved and is being covered to protect it from the weather. It is all under contract, much of it to the Vandalia roatl, and: will be shipped out as fast as possible - Logan Daily Pharos

1906 - Nov. 29 - Jacob Reamer of the Lake Maxinkuckee Ice Co., of South Bend was in town Saturday accompanied by a builder looking over the site of the ices houses with a view to rebuilding. Work will begin in time to get the houses completed by January, and the sturctures willc 1906 - Dec. 13 - New Ice House

A Big Structure About to be Erected by Sam Medbourn

S. E. Medbourn will again engage in the ice business in Culver.

Material has benn ordered for a building 140x120, 40 feet high, to be located a short distance from his grain elevator.

The plant will cost $11,000.

Ice will be floated from the lake through a canal under the railroad track. A sidetrack will be laid to the ice house, running along the west side of the elevator.

In th spring Mr. Medbourn expects to put ip lime and cement houses along the new sidetrack.

Work has already begun on the ice house log, and the plant will be ready to operate by the middle of January.

George Davis will be superintendent.

It is understood that the South Bend people have abandoned their intentionnn to rebuild the ice houses burned last spring.

1907 - Feb - South Bend Tribune:

CULVER, Ind. -- The ice houses at Lake Maxinkuckee will be filled with an enormous crop; already thousands of tons have been harvested. The cMaxinkuckee Lake Ice company, whose principal owners are Messrs. Hollingsworth and Reamer, of South Bend, are rushing to completion their plant that was destroyed by fire last June.

The building will have a total capacity of nearly 25,000 tons. There are three other companies with a capacity of about 15,000 tons.

Instead of elevators that formerly ran over the tracks, the Vandalia company has cut channels under its tracks, through which the ice cakes are rolled.

This is the ice houses at the area referred to as the "Hole".

< near the outlet

"the Hole"

The 1908 plat map indicates that there were 2 ice houses on the south end within a few feet of each other and both are labeled "S. E. Medbourn" on the south end of town.

1908 21 - May - J. O. Ferrier bought Maxinkuckee Lake Ice Co. for $24,000. It included 6 acres of land, 11,000 tons of ice. E. C. Hawk was manager of the ice company at the time. One account of the sale is as follows:

The Maxinkuckee Lake Ice Company has been sold by Reamer & Hollingsworth to J . O. Ferrier. - Citizen

The Maxinkuckee Lake Ice Co., Reamer & Hollingsworth, of South Bend, proprietors, sold its property in Culver Thursday to J. O. Ferrier of this place for $24,000. - - Rochester Sentinel, Friday, May 22, 1908

1908 - June The date not exactly know - a cylcone hit Culver and tore the big ice house into shreads - as evidence by the pictures below. Sections of the roof were carried out into the lake, winds reached 70 mph.

An this is found in the 'One Township Yesteryear's - Corwin:

Hollingsworth & Reamer were owners of ice houses that were burned in June, 1906, Clark Ferrier tells us. These were rebuilt, however, in 1906-07.

In the spring of '08, in May, to be exact, Ferrier traded his lumber yard at Lakeville for the ice houses at Lake Maxinkuckee.

Then along came a cyclone in June and blew them down. There was a tower-like elevator at one end of the ice houses. Clark Ferrier was in there, when a terrific wind came suddenly from the west-by-southwest. Several boats were on the lake. The occupants scarcely had a chance to act be­fore the blow was upon them.

Then came a dash for the nearest shore, and they all got in, although same just made it and that's all. They were just in the nick of time. Some were hoisted up the wall at the ice house.

While this was going on, the big frame structure was rent asunder. Then pandemonium was let loose. Boards and timbers went flying lakeward. The front wall fell over on the railroad tracks as the roof and other parts of the building flew across and into the lake, which became strewn with the wreckage.

The railroad tracks were impassable until such a time as they could be cleared. The lake had been whipped into an angry sea, and nothing could have rode out the storm less than a steamboat.

It was all so sudden. And what a wild time was had by all while it lasted!

This storm destroyed the roof of the Holt-Medbourn Ice House near the outlet; David Burns stated that the wind storm put the roof of the ice house into the lake. From other events that occurred around the lake referring to "storm damage"



and also this account was found in Lake Maxinkuckee: Physical and Biological Survey (1919):

A pretty severe wind storm occured early in the summer of 1908 and blew down the large ice houses on the west side of the lake. The appears to have been an unusually strong wind; none of the dwelling houses in the immediate vicinity, however, was injured and the destruction of the ice houses was due to their being empty at the time and offering much surface and little resistance to the wind.

1908 -24 June - Logansport Pharos Tribune is found:

LOCAL PEOPLE ESCAPE WIND STORM NORTH OF HERE

Logansport people, and their, property at Culver escaped injury during, the fierce wind storm which swept north of this city yesterday afternoon, according to word received by local Vandalia officials this morning.

At the south end of the lake the damage was the worst.

Two of the large ice houses were destroyed and one was unroofed. The roof taken from one of the ice houses carried down the Vandalia wires and landed on the main tracks, blocking traffic for about two hours.

The only damage done to cottages as learned by the Vanclalia officers was the tearing off of a roof of the house owned by Indianapolis people.

A number of limbs were twisted off trees, but the damage in that respect was not great. The most, peculiar thing, done by the wind was the cutting of a deep furrough clear across, the lake, throwing the waves high on each side.

The wind traveled from west to east. This morning the Panhandle had resumed, wire operations with Chicago, but a large gang of linemen were kept at work resetting the mile of poles and restringng, the wires which were blown down a distance of about a mile this side of Star City. A portion of Royal Center felt the edge of the storm; There was a considerable increase in the velicity of the wind here yesterday afternoon and the mercury dropped more then 20 degrees by evening.

The storm at Culver was the second to strike there within a month.

1912 - October 24 - Sale of Big Ice House

Samuel E. Medbourn bought the big ice house last week owned by J. O. Ferrier for for the past five years

The house is 360x140, and contains six rooms, 60x140, and has a capacity of 18,000 tones. WIth the ice house goes six acres of land. Two of the houses are n early full of ice.

Mr. Medbourn paid $10,000 for the property. The sale of this plant to a home man will meet with general satisfaction.

Indianapolis people were negotiating for it, but ths ownership by Medbourn will be of greater benefit to Culver.

Charles Medbourn was superintendent of the ice plant and Harry Medbourn was in charge of the office. The Maxinkuckee company had 6 houses that were 60 by 1 40 and held 18,000 tons of i ce total and the rooms. It covered a 6 acre area.

1914 - Listed as the S. E. Medbourn & Sons Ice Co. Ice Houses on the 1914 Sanborn map, this is the one located in what is or was referred to as "the hole". And the labeling reads: "3/4 mile S. E. of P.O." (Post Office); and it seems to the the centralized area of measurement for distance of all buildings on the map. It was eventually tore down in 1915 according to David Burns.

March 6, 1918 - The onion storage house in the south part of town was destroyed by fire Wednesday evening, together with about 5,000 bushels of onions. This was sid to have been the Holt Ice house.

The south one is near the outlet [bottom] & and the north one nown as "the hole" location at Akron St. & South St.

The 1924 Sanborn fire maps shows the "hole and states that it is And the labeling reads: "3/4 mile S. E. of P.O."; P.O. = Post office and it seems to the the centralized area of measurement for distance of all buildings on them map

1931 - Dec. 23 Sterling R. Holt, founder of the ice business here died in Indianapolis at the age of 81

1932 - February - Maxinkuckee Ice Company [Medbourn] Ice house was destroyed by fire at 1 o'clock a.m. cause belived to have been caused by the dry hay and sawdust within the ice house that had not been in use for four years. The building was completely destroyed and estimated damage was $10,000; there was no plans to re-build the ice house. It was said to have been used for storage of vegetables and at the time when it burned - onions were being stored in it.

LARGE ICE HOUSE BURNS AT LAKE MAXINKUCKEE A large ice house at the southwest end of Lake Maxinkuckee owned by the Lake Maxinkuckee Ice Company, burned to the ground at 1 o'clock this morning. The amount of the loss has not been determined. It is thought the fire was started by bums who were using the ice house to sleep in. The ice house which was a frame construction had both been used for two years. - - The News-Sentinel, Saturday, February 20, 1932

February 24, 1932 issue of Culver Citizen announces that a $10, 000 fire destroys Medbourn ice house.

LARGE ICE HOUSE BURNS AT LAKE MAXINKUCKEE A large ice house at the southwest end of Lake Maxinkuckee owned by the Lake Maxinkuckee Ice Company, burned to the ground at 1 o'clock this morning. The amount of the loss has not been determined. It is thought the fire was started by bums who were using the ice house to sleep in. The ice house which was a frame construction had both been used for two years.
The News-Sentinel, Saturday, February 20, 1932

It is re-counted that the south ice house became a stop-off for people who were called 'railroad bums' and it is believed that it was one of those who had went up close to the Ice House, fell asleep and dropped a cigarette causing the ice house to go up in flames.

The 1937 Sanborn Fire Maps (tho it bears a Stamped seal for Nov. 1924; there is a hand written not stating 2/37 and corrected 11/3/1945) does shoeo the building but it capital letters and underlines underneath it - it is stated: "All bldgs in this detachment removed." We do know that this ice house burnt in the early morning hours of February 20, 1932 and assumption is that the site was cleaned up and nothing was re-built on it until the 1990's when at least 2 cottages were built there ( 908 SOuth Street & 910 South Street).

1939 - Jul 12 - Six acres of land on the west shore of Lake Maxinkuckee have been improved by Harry medbourn, who is offering the area for sale as a hotel site.

This would now be 908 South and 910 South Street and the Mebourn & Phillips Addition on South Street>