Maxinkuckee Vacation Club "Legg's club house " "Garden Patch"

It is said that earlier it was a barn that was dragged across the lake ice from the west to east shore many winters ago.

Formerly property of Harvey Shafer , (2450 E. Shore Ln.)



Have seen it refered to as the "Legg's club house "

1940 - May 1 - Summer Club For Girls on Lake Maxinkuckee Being Organized

with the summer vacation season just ahead, announcement of interest to young women from 14-18 years of age recently in thei Indianapolis "Star" outlined plans for a summer residence club on the east shore of Lake Maxinkuckee.

The club will be operated and chaperoned under the direction of Mrs. Winfred G. Legg, in the buildings known as the "Garden Patch" on the East Shore road, formerly the Harvey Shafer property

Membership will be limited and the group will be known as the Maxinkucke Mariners Club. Recreation, sports and social activities will include boating of all kinds, swimming, hiking horseback riding, dancing tennis, bad mitten, ping-pong, shuffleboard, croquet, bicycling, indoor roller skating and golf.

Mrs. Legg, sponsor of the vacation program, is well-known for her wide experience with Girl scouts and various camp activities. She was born and educated in London England, but has resided in this country since becoming a citizen of the United States .

Mrs. Legg will be assisted by her daughter Miss Sylvia Legg, a student at Indiana University and Mrs Phillip Ruth of Terre Haute

Registration will open soon and the club will bin active session during the months of July and August.

Full information may be obtained from Mrs. Winifred G. Legg in the office of Mrs. Wilbur Johnson Travel Service, with offices in American National Bank, Indianapolis

1940 - Jul 31 New Group of Gil Scout Mariners Here

A new group of Girl Scout Mariners is at the camp on East Shore Lane.

They are: Alice Greene, Lois HIlkene, Betsey Harding, Carolyn Kiger, Eleanor Hajen, Peg Gray all of Indianapolis; Claire Case of Logansport; Katherine Kernkler of Terre Haute and Peggy Poston of Attica. Mrs. Winifred S Legg is director, Mrs. Phil Roth, housemother; Marguerite Barnes and Sylvia Legg counselors and Marjorie Roth and Helen Terhourst, junior counselors.

1945 - May 9 - Winifred G. Legg, Greencastle has bought the Vacation Club for Girls n the East Shore and is remodeling it, adding a tennis court and other improvements - Indianapolis News 1945 - Sept 25 - Groups Have New Directors - Two of Stanford's larger women’s Residence... Mrs. Winifred Legg, former director of Maxinkuckee Vacation Club in Culver, Indiana is housemother at Russell... - The Stanford Daily, Volume 108, Issue 2, 25 September 1945

1946 - Apr 14 - Cook - June 24th - Aug 28th Vacation club, 22 girls,Lake Maxinkuckee Culver, Ind.435 weekly. Write giving references. Mrs. Winifred Legg, care Mrs. Wilbur JOhnson 1739 N. Penn = Indianapolis Star.

1946 Jul 21 - Miss Sue and Billie Redenbacker, daughters of Mr. and Mrs O. C. Redenbacker of Princeton, enjoying a game of cards on one of the piers at Lake Maxinkuckee. The girls are members of the "vacation Club".

1947 - Apr. 30 Cook and assistant for Maxinkuckee Vacation Club this summer 20 Girls Good wages. Apply Mrs. Winifred Legg Box 1824 Stanford University, Calif.

1947 - Jul 2 Mrs. Winifred Legg has opened the Vacation Club and the girls will arrive July 15 for a six period. Mrs Legg is visiting her daughter in Elkhart until July 12.

1947 - Aug 21 - Visit at Club on Lake Maxinkuckee Vacationing this summer at the Maxinkuckee Vacation Club on Lake Maxinkuckee are nine Indianapolis girls. Miss Winifred Legg, formerlu matron of Mason Hall at Depauw University, is director of the club The girls are (Left to right front row) Miss Lyla May Matthewsm 4037 Graceland Avenue; Miss Ann Hoog 5221 North Delaware Street; Miss Jeanne SMith 3710 Rankin Place and Miss Ann DeVaney of 4485 North Delaware Street. In the back row (left to right) are Miss Sally Gurley 2229 North Meridan Street; Miss Harriet Stafford 414[34 Guilford Avenue; Miss Ann Behrmann 5882 Haverford Street; Miss June MacNabb 6616 North Pennsylvania Street and Mis SHirley Polson 5753 Winthrop Avenue. Miss MacNabb returned home Saturady from the Lake (Morgan Studio)

1948 - Aug 28 - Hambergers fries on the shore of Lake Maxinkuckee were often helf by girls spending the summer at the Maxinkuckee Vacation Clung under the direction of Mrs. Winifred Legg. Indianapolis girls at the picnis were (left to right) the Misses Martha Madden, Patricia Locke, Jeanne Hargitt, Charlotte Havens, Diana Fisbeck, Geraldine Scott, Carol Barrett, Nancy Flora, Jean Smith, and Salley Gurley. THe two girls standing in the back row are Miss ann Hood and Miss Lyla Mae Matthews. - Indianapolis News 28 Aug 1948

1948 - Aug 29 - Subbeds enjoy picnic - Outdoor picnics are a part of the schedule for subdebs summering at the Maxinkuckee Vacation Club on Lake Maxinkuckee, Culver. Around the over are (first row, left to right), Misses Lyle Matthewa, Nancy Flora, DIana Fisbeck, Sally Gurley, Patricia Locke, Ann Hood. (back row, left to right) Misses Caroll Barrett and Jean Smith - Indianapolis Star

It was bought by the Maxinkuckee Playhouse in 1950 and in 1955 a new playhouse was built when it closed in 1961 was soon torn down and the "new" playhouse and land were sold to Gene Furry, (2420 E. Shore Ln.) and Dwight Wildemuth, (2450 E. Shore Ln.)