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1898 Plat Map list of Cottagers & Property Owners North Shore
This is probably an incomplete listing probably of cottage lots and owners - but
this is what was listed on the plat map of 1898 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 pratial listing from sources during this time period - and
based on known facts of 1898, on the plat map - everything may change if I can ever get the use of some of the
abstracts or cottagers step forth with corrected data.
I will try and carry this data forward to each of the plat maps if I can connect from this one to the next.
Hopefully from deeds, abstracts and future research we can list the complete property owners at this time.
Here is some interesting facts stated about the orginial property owners of the north side of the lake:
Zina and Emma Duddleson
.....
The grandfather of Zina was a Civil War veteran and a farmer. His later years were lived in the Argos vicinity.
The great-grandfather originally owned the Thomas Houghton farm to the Maxinkuckee Lake on the west side of Burr Oak
Road. The land now occupied by the Vandalia Park, was part of this farm and was given to Dr. Durr in payment for
medical services. The consideration was $50., as great-grandfather Duddleson considered it of little farming value.
.....
History of Marshall County Indiana Sesquicentennial 1836 - 1986 -,
Taylor Publishing Co., 1986, Publication # 357 of 1422, Marshall County Historical Society pg. 153 - Marcella White.
This area is the north part of town, railroad property,and academy
1876- J Castleman
1880 - E. Parker [Eli Parker]
It is known if this is in Marmont now Culver or Maxinkuckee Village as he owned property both places.
1894 - Kreuzberger's Park & Saloon [Robert Kreuzberger]
1898 - Not Specified - Kreuzberger's Park & Saloon
1876 - J. Castleman
I. Morris [Isaac N. Morris]
1880 - E. Parker 27A [Eli Parker]
1898 - Depot - [T. H. I RR = Terre Haute & Indianapolis Railroad]
Daniel A. Bradley homestead
1 Oct 1903 is found in the Culver Citizen:
Daniel Bradley is having the old house standing on his property at Bunker Hill tore down in preparatory to building a
7 room residence this fall.
and on 8 Oct 1903 is found:
Al Keen has the contract to build Daniel A. Bradley's new house and began work last week.
This is the business district of Lakeshore Dr. (originally Toner Ave)
and spans from State Street to Papas and the motel or Inn. it lies across from Lake Maxinkuckee and the Town Park and up and
around the corner to include an area formerly known as 'Bunker Hill' where the water tower now stands.
1850 - I. N. Morris [Isaac N. Morris]
1876 - I. N. Morris [Isaac N. Morris]
1880 - Lake View Club 15A
1898 - T.H. & I. RR [Terre Haute & Indianapolis Railroad] Lake View Club
1850 - 1880 - I. N. Morris 185A [Isaac N. Morris]
Mc Donald States: In 1850, Isaac N. Morris, father of Capt. Ed Morris,
moved to the lake, locating on the north shore, on the farm now owned by A. N. Bogardus, His land ran down to the lake, taking
in all the lake front from the Lake View Hotel grounds to and including the Palmer house.
1898 Subdivided:
1850 - I. N. Morris [Isaac N. Morris]
1876 - I. N. Morris [Isaac N. Morris]
1880 - I. N. Morris 185 A [Isaac N. Morris]
1898 - L. C. Dillon had 2 plat's of land 79.70 & 75.60 behind the cottage lots
NOTE: Some time in the late 1920's and early 1930's as the Culver Reality and Investment Company [which was established in 1932 for
this purpose] in behalf of the Academy to protect the Academy from future encroachment from the west. And this is when all the
properties westof the originial Academy [acreage of 98 acres] and all the property east of the Culver town park [the "Indian Trails"
AKA Lake View Hotel and other private land holdings was bought up. And by the below photo taken after 1922 of the
academy campus shows most are not there any longer:
Ed Morris and 21.49A behind the following lot
1850 - I. N. Morris [Isaac N. Morris]
1876 - I. N. Morris [Isaac N. Morris]
1880 - I. N. Morris 185 A [Isaac N. Morris]
1898 - not stated possible easement?
1850 - I. N. Morris [Isaac N. Morris]
1876 - I. N. Morris [Isaac N. Morris]
1880 - I. N. Morris 185 A [Isaac N. Morris]
1898 - M.M. Simmons
1850 - I. N. Morris [Isaac N. Morris]
1876 - I. N. Morris [Isaac N. Morris]
1880 - I. N. Morris 185 A [Isaac N. Morris]
1898 - _. _. Thayer - ?Henry George Thayer?
1850 - I. N. Morris [Isaac N. Morris]
1876 - I. N. Morris [Isaac N. Morris]
1880 - I. N. Morris 185 A [Isaac N. Morris]
1898 - _. _. Albretcht -
1850 - I. N. Morris [Isaac N. Morris]
1876 - I. N. Morris [Isaac N. Morris]
1880 - I. N. Morris 185 A [Isaac N. Morris]
1898 - A. Herz
1850 - I. N. Morris [Isaac N. Morris]
1875/6 - Built by J. W. Palmer of Plymouth.
1898 - Palmer House - J. W. Palmer
1898 - May - Palmer House - F. D. Lamson, who also operated the Ross Hotel in Plymouth
1850 - I. N. Morris [Isaac N. Morris]
1876 - I. N. Morris [Isaac N. Morris]
1880 - I. N. Morris 185A [Isaac N. Morris]
1898 - N. Schurman
1850 - I. N. Morris [Isaac N. Morris]
1876 - I. N. Morris [Isaac N. Morris]
1880 - I. N. Morris 185 A [Isaac N. Morris]
1898 - O. D. Bohlan [Oscar D. Bohlen]
1850 - I. N. Morris [Isaac N. Morris]
1876 - I. N. Morris [Isaac N. Morris]
1880 - I. N. Morris 185 A [Isaac N. Morris]
1898 - W. F/E. Kuhn [William F. Kuhn]
1850-1880 - This could of been either part of the I. N. Morris [Isaac N. Morris] or the A. T. Benedict [Aaron T. Benedict] Farms
It lies either near or on the section line by the 1898 plat map, besides running at an angle.
1898 - T. Conzeleman "The Roost" [Theolpilus Conzelman]
Conzelman Cottage
(on left of the Roost Picture above)
1850 - I. N. Morris [Isaac N. Morris]
1876 - I. N. Morris [Isaac N. Morris]
1880 - I. N. Morris 185 A [Isaac N. Morris]
1898 - H. H. Culver
Culver Military Academy
18__ - John Mitchell
1872-1885 - A. T. Benedict - 44.75 & 35.35/36.35 [Aaron T. Benedict]
1885 - It is said that Henry H. Culver acquired Aaron Benedict land holdings for the Culver Military, Aaron Benedict lived in
Maxinkuckee.
1872 – Landmark “Pine Tree House” built by A.T. Benedict, Maxinkuckee. Benedict ran sawmill on dammed creek
running through Bigley property, ---also Grist Mill.
From Corwin's One Townships Yesterday's:
The new-comers to the lakeside settlement are Aaron T. Benedict and his wife Cordelia, with their children. They had moved here from
Miami County and settled at the extreme north end of the lake. It was in 1872 that, they located here.
The Benedict homestead was established on a knoll somewhat back from the lake. Pine trees were planted around it. These grew and
grew, and in the passing years witnessed the changing fortunes of the family in the house they sheltered. Finally, by marriage and
death, the Benedicts were parted and scattered, and there came a day when the homestead was deserted. At length the house itself was
gone, and only the pine trees remained on the knoll that overlooked the lake. There they stand to this day, a little grove of them,
grown real tall now, landmarks, telling the story of human habitation there once where no dwelling stands any more.
The Benedict homestead beneath these trees was north of the present Road 10 and east of the Hibbard Road. The highways today are not
as they originally were. In the 'seventies the old roads ran close to the house. There was a three-point intersection almost in front of the
house, where the highway from Marmont, coming diagonally and directly northeast from the lakeside, joined the eastbound Argos Road
and the Hibbard Road. The Argos Road was immediately south of the Benedict house, while the Hibbard Road then followed a northwesterly
trend till it reached the Shaw school house, then proceeded north a short stretch before turning east, as now.
"Aaron T. Benedict, my father, owned two hundred acres at the north end of the lake," says Mrs. Augusta Warner of Culver. "All of
this is now the property of Culver Military Academy. The original site of the Academy was on the Benedict tract, bordering the bay.
It was acquired by Henry H. Culver from the family."
The quote from the Thomas Bigley Biographical sketch in speaking of Aaron Benedict is:
He also owned considerable acreage north of the lake along Aubbenaubbee Bay, 83 acres along the lake front and 200 acres thence
north. He built a home approximately a half mile from the lake and planted pine trees around it. He never lived there, but rented
it to his daughter, Augusta, and husband William WARNER and family. Later the house burned but the pine trees stand to this day;
the site is historically known as the Pine Tree House. His land holdings were later acquired by Henry H. CULVER for the Culver
Military Academy.
and another quip under the Wayne Flagg biographical sketch found in the same book [History of Marshall County Indiana
Sesquicentennial 1836 - 1986 -,Taylor Publishing Co., 1986, Publication # 357 of 1422, Marshall County Historical Society pg 169]
that gives the location of this farmhouse is:
Wayne's maternal grandparents, William b. Warner (1846-1898) and Augusta Benedict Warner (1848-1939),....
The William Warners owned a farm that is now part of the Culver Military Academy Campus. Wayne's mother was born on this farm.
The house was located near the pine trees where the activities of the Woodcraft Council Fires are held.
1898 - Culver Military Academy - 15.92/18.92a
H. H. Culver - 76.49 to the North [Henry Harrison Culver]
H. H. Culver - 38.10 to the North
H. H. Culver - 39.25 to the East
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