S. E. Medbourns Additions

Was a part of the Toner Addition most of which was sold to the Vandalia Railroad and became Vandalia Park.

1915 - May 6 - S. E. Medbourn and S. J. Lenon have bought the Vandalia Park tract of nine acres and will plat it into about 40 lots

1915 - Jun 24- . Medbourn and Lenon received the deed on Monday for the Vandalia Park tract, and yesterday had surveyors platting it into lots.

1915 Sep 2 - Medbourn & Lenon are having the timber thined out on the Vandalia Park Addition preparatory to laying out the ground into blocks and streets.


1916 - Apr 13 - Big New Garage - Chas. Plotner of Star City last week bought a lot 45X100 opposite the depot in the new Vandalia Park addition for $900, and his contactiors, Keen & Buckheister, are now at work on a cement block building which will cover the entire lot. It is to be completed by June 1.

1916 - Jul 27 - Contractor Stahl ... He will also start a bungalow for A. B. HOlt in the Vandalia Park addition.

1916 - Nov. 2 - Medbourn & Lenon have sld Lot 3 (two lots east of the garage) in the Vandalia Park addition to C. G. Spencer of Logansport for $1,200. Mr. S[encer expects to put up a fine residence in the spring.

1916 - nov 16 - Howard Mikesell has let the contract ofr a bungalow to Buckheister & Keen to be built on his lot in Vandalia Park. Work will begin at once, and he expects to have it Completed by Feb. 1.

1917 - Mar 9 - Archie Blanchard will begin his house in Vandalia Park at once and will work on it as he has leisure but expects to get it far enough along to move into it as soon as warm weathe comes. He has already built his garage

1917 - Mar 22 - D. W. Mark has bought two lots in Vandalia Park and will put up a modern house on one of the lots next fall.

1917 - May 23 - D. W. Marks beings this week the work on a bungalow in Vandalia Park. Al. Keen had the contract.

1917 - May 23 - Promises to Abate Nuisance.

The following letter was sent to Supt. J. F. Patterson last Friday - J. F. Patterson,

Dear Sir Several citizens have recently moved into new homes in the old Vandalia Park and find ourselves deluged at times with the smoke of trains passing through or standing at the station.

I would like to inquire if it would not be possible for firemen to refrain from putting on a new fire just before reaching the station, while standing at the station, and immediately after leaving the station?

This seems practicable in the case of the passenger trains, and in the case of the through freight trains as well where there would be but a difference of a minute or less necessary to carry a train out of the territory of residences and business houses.

If my suggestion is a reasonable one and you can give us relief we will feel under obligations to you and to the men on the engines.

To this communication Supt. Patterson replied as follows :

Your suggestion is entirely prac tical and I have taken the matter up with the road foreman of engines who will get right after the matter and see if we cannot eliminate at least part of the nuisance.

Nor {Not} only the residents of Vandalia Park but scores of other people living or doing business near the railroad will appreciate Mr. Patterson's prompt consideration of the complaint.

1917 - Sep 5 - Arthur Fisburn has bough a lot in Vandalia Park next north of D. W. Marks' new bungalow and expects to put ip a home for himself there this fall.

1919 Feb 26 - Fletcher Strang and H. L. Henning yesterday bought fine building sites in Vandalia Park

1919 Mar 19 - VANDALIA PARK LOTS

Vandalia Park lots are going like hot cakes this spring, and most of them are now sold to prospective homebuilders.

The lastes buyers are are William Grubb and John Taylor who have secured lots on the east side nf Helen street north off the Marks bunaglow.

Only one lot remains unsold on that side, and one on the west side of the street.

The sale of three more lots is reported this morning two to Orr Bvrd and one to Earl Brown.

There are now four lots unsold of the 30 which comprise the old Vandalia Park.

1919 Mar 26 - Verne Swigart has bought a lot in Vandalia Park

1919 - Oct 1 - Lieut L. R. Kellam bought the lot next north of the Marks bungalow in which he is living, in Vandalia Park and expects to build next spring.

1920 - Jul 14 - Mr. Rector has bought of P. A. Wichizenz {Wickhizer} the lake front lot on the corner of Toner and Helen street in Vandalia Park, Mr. Rector expects to build at once.

1920 - AUg 4 - P. a. Wickizer annouced his intention of building a residence for himself next spring on his lake front lot in Vandalia Park.

1921 - Feb 9 - All 45 lots in Vandalia addition have been sold by Medbourn and Lenon. The tract was platted five years ago and the lots have been sold a private sale.

1922 - Mar 15 - Archie Blancahrd will begin work at once on a six-room bungalow for Raymond Mikesell at the north end of Helen street in Vandalia Park

1922 - Jul 12 - Sells new Bungalow
Raymond Mikesell has sold his pretty new bungalow in Vandalia park which he has occupied but a few weeks to Lieut. Bishop for $5000.

Mr. Miksell makes a nice profit on the deal and Lieut. Bishop gets a desirable and marketable piece of property.

Mr. Mikesell has bought the lot adjoing on the south from William Grubb for $800 and will erect another bungalow.


1923 - Apr 25 - "Mike" has the Travel Bug
Rayomnd miesell has devided not to build on his Vandalia lot this spring. He expects to leave for Colorado and the west coast about June 1, returning in the fall when he will carry out his original plan of putting up a bungalow. Meantime he is having the lot graded and will build a garage.

1922 - Mar 29 - Vndalia Park colony will receive an addition this season when the six room bungaloq which Archie Blanchard has contracted to build for Edward Epler, a tailor at the acedemy, is occupied.

1922 - Apr 12 - Mrs. Kate Edwards has bought for $900 the Buffington lot north of W. T. Parish's in Vandalia Park

1922 - Sep 6 - . Two More New Bungalows Will Adorn Vandalia Hill

And still they come !

Joe Schweidler started excavating last week for a bungalow on the lot north of his brother Fritz's new bungalow in the Vandalia Park addition, this makes the 19th house erected in tne oia Vandalia Park.

And by the way, the three Schweidler brotners have proved to valuable additions to Culver's growth and business enterprises. If there are any more Schweidlers living, bring 'em on.

Charles Monninger has bought Mrs. Capron's lot on Helen street, Vandalia Park addition, and will build six-room bungalow that will be a still further attraction to that already pretty street. The contract will let tomorrow and work will begin once.

1922 - Sep 20 - H. L. Henning has sold his bungalow opposite the railroad station to Bert E. Grandee, chef at the Palmer House, for $46000 and will give possession Nov 1. Mr. Henning will at once commence building operations on his lot on Liberty street in the Vandalia Park addition. He will put up a bungalow in harmony with the construction which prevails in that section. The Keen agency made the sale for Henning

1922 - Nov 8 - Petitions for three street light in the Vandalia Park addition have been filed with the town board

1923 - May 2 - Paving Bidders Here - Prospective bidders for the paving of Liberty and Helen Streets in th Vandalia Park addition have been in town getting their data for the letting of the contract by the town board on Monday night.

1924 - Mar 12 - Waht's in A Name?

The property owners and residents in the Vandalia Park subdicision are justly prod of their beautiful location.

Te ascertain their preference and wished for a suitable and pretty name for this section of the town, the Citizen sent out ten days afo thirty-one postal cards of inquiry addressed to each of the residents.

The receipt of only a dozen replies does not indicate a tremendous amount of enthusisas, in the proposition.

The names sugggsted in these replies are as follows:
Vandalia Park.
The Heights.
Highland Park (2).
Maxinkuckee Heights (3).
Shady Crest.
Highland Oaks.
Summerdale.
Lakeview Haights.
Harmony Park.


The Citizen is anxious that each and every resident of that part of town vote on this matter.

It is desired to make the announcement in nex week's edition.

It will be done in this manned the name receiving the largest number of votes will be selected. Please send in your vote.

1932 - Jul 27 - An oak slag between two trees on the Kellam lot is one of the remaining relics of Culver's early daus when Vandalia Park was owned by the railroad and dedicated to the use of picnickers and ecursionists.