1926 - Oldest buildings Wrecked

Two Of Culver's Olderst Buildings Wrecked For Modern Structures

Interesting Edifices Facts Recalled Concern- by ing Citizens. ONE BUILT IN 1868 Old Buildings Pass Out to Make Room For More Modern Structures. Two of the oldest buildings in Culver are being dismantled this week and will pass out to make room for more modern structures. One is the building on the corner of Main Walter and Jefferson Streets owned by M. Hand while the other is the store building on the corner of Scott and State Streets, owned for many years by T. E. Slattery.

In their stead, buildings representative of the present day civilization will be construeted.

The old Slattery building together with the lot, was purchased last week by Jess Crabb. He will tear it down and erect a bungalow of the present day type which will further the attractiveness of that portion of the city.

This building was erected some forty years ago by one Antone Meyer of Terre Haute for store purposes. During its life time, it has been occupied by many business enterprises. Older residents of the community will recall years ago when Culver's post office was in the structure now used as a residence by Mrs. M Koontz. Avery Clark was the postmaster and storekeeper therein.

An attempt was made to move the post office to the Meyer building, but was thwarted by the general protest of the citizens of the community at tha time. The upstairs of this building was used for a great many years as a rooming house. The late Capt Crook, of Logansport and I. G. Fisher, now superintendent of the local water works, were at one time roomers in this place when they were running excursion boats on Lake Maxinkuckee.

The Hand store history is rather varied. It was built in the summer of 1868 and stood at that time where the Culver Hotel now stands. It was built for a school house and L. C. Wiseman is one of the local products of the pedagogical principles expounded therein.

To make room for a larger school house on the same location, the building was moved to its present site where it was used as a residence for many years. According to the best information The Citizen can collect, this buliding was used for a time as a hotel and eating house. It was the late W. 5. Hand who purchased the place and knocked out the partitions in order to use the building for store purposes.

He occupied that room with a grocery store for many years. Now the building will be taken away and in its stead will be erected a filling station which is quite emblematical of the progress of our present day civilization.

The tearing of this structure has revealed, I down however, that there were good carpenters back in 1868. While the interior boards are in rather bad con-| dition, the framework is still solid and there is many a year of usage in the old frame.

Culver Citizen Mar 03, 1926