Lakeshore Drive, State Street to Curve
I have placed the early history, Sanborn Fire maps, plat maps and interesting facts of lake Shore Dr. aka Toner Avenue onto a seperate page.
1891 - The road (which is now Lake Shore dr.) was not opened up to North until this year - it was done by the railroad -
The expenditure of ...over the previous year includes costs of litigation as follows:..; over opening roadway north of station at Marmont $567.25 - pgs.
38-40 Fourth-Fourth Annual Report of the President and Directors of the Terre Haute and Indianapolis Rail Road Company to the Stockholders for the Year
Ending November 30 1891 By Terre Haute & Indianapolis Railroad Company
This is just a rough beginning of this listings. With no addresses in the early years just the street name it is hard to place them correct - if you
remember won't you help?
Locations not known -
Unknown Locations:
1909 - 15 May Opening night of Link Theater
1914 - August 13 Tim Wolfe has his billiard and pool hall in the new Edwards at Depot Place in full tune
1920 - John Hollett Grocery & Meats
1920 - Sanitary Barber Shop - Fletcher Strang, Opposite Depot
1920 - New Station Restaurant - Howard Hass, prop.
1926 -
NEW BAKERY
A new bakery has been added during the last week to the list of business concerns in Culver. W. Bergmann and J. Andresen, both of Chicago, are the
proprietors of the Lake View Bakery, which is located in the business building on Lake Shore Driver formerly owned by Chas. Schweidler. Both men are
experienced bakers and come to Culver with a long time experience record behind them. - - The News - Sentinel,
Friday, July 9, 1926
1929 - A much needed business in Culver is ready for trade in its building across from the depot. The new flower shop is poerated by Albert and Gordon Byer.
27 Nov. 1929 Culver Citizen.
1931 - Lakeview Restaurant and the Castle Garden Dance Hall
1931 - December Destroyed by fire of unknown origin was the Lakeview Restaurant and the Castle Garden Dance Hall and partially destroyed was the
Louden Grocery. At by accounts in the 9 December 1931 issue of the Culver Citizen it was said the blaze threatened the whole Lakeshore Drive business
district. Damages by the paper was estimated at $7,000.
1947 - November 26 Sports store opens opposite town park.
544 - Lakeshore - 1952 - Behmer Radio Service
1963 - June 26 Charley Frain will open his own repair shop on Lake Shore Drive July 1
1986 - 604 Lakeshore Dr. Adler's Bait Shop
1952 - Culver Sports Center
1955-195_ Outdoorsman - articles from the Culver Citizen:
April 13, 1955 - The Outdoorsman Ready For Its Grand Opening - The big news in Culver this week is the grand opening of The Outdoorsman, the amazing new sports store at 634 Lake Shore Drive, owned and operated
by Charles and Jane McCafferty.
While the formal opening is a week-long event, starting this Saturday, April 16, and continuing through next Saturday, April 23, a number of special features have been scheduled for the dynamic kickoff this
Saturday.
All day Saturday Ken Jackson, the ace fly expert of the Beco Company, will be on hand to dish out 'confidential' advice on fishing as will a qualified representative from the South Bend Bait Company who will
specialize on tips on flys, fly casting and spin casting. While waiting your turn to get the inside dope from the visiting experts the McCaffertys will be serving refreshments with their cordial compliments
and good wishes.
1955 - 20 April issue Culver Citzen opened Sat. by Charles and Jane Mc Cafferty.
NOTE: guesing at this but the display cases look as those that have occupied Clara's place for the past 40+ years.
State Street & Lakeshore Drive
1914-1924 - Dwelling
504 Lake Shore Dr. 1966-? - Culver Fire Station
525 Lake Shore Dr. - c. 1901 Park Cafe hotel and eatery - Avery
noting some of the drawings of this establishment this probably would be a likely location and possible better than previously given but still up for discussion; also this was once
a part of Kreuzberger's Park from which the Cafe's name could of been derived from.
1906 - Resturant per Sanborn Map
1914 - Rest per Sanborn Map
1924 - "S" per Sanborn Map
1927 - Dwelling
1952 - Lakeshore Plumbing & Heating
19__ - Oscar Booker residence
196_198_ - Hazel F. Thornburg residence
2007 - James H. Hill revocable Trust residence
KREUZBERGER ADD LOT 1
610 Lakeshore Dr. May 1996-2009 - Town of Culver - Culver Fire Department Parking.
The next two addresses sit behind the old filling station and behind the theater.
603-607 Pearl Street - Jan. 2001 - 2009 - Beachview Town Houses
617 Pearl St. - Happy Hour Hotel/Pearl St. Apartment Complex
The Next area from the Northeast corner of State Street to Liberty could of possibly been the location of
the Colonade Hotel and property. By photos the actual hotel sat towards the back or in the middle
of the lot. By using the plat maps or 1908 and 1922 along with the Sanborn fire maps of 1924 and 1937 a
hypothis of the development of the area which the Colonade Hotel of the late 1890's stood
before it burned in 1900; which once occupied most of this area which is now the Lakeshore Drive Business District.
And below is a very rare view of this area in the mid to late 1920's; a first that gives a fairly uncluttered view of some of the business buildings as
a whole partial block area. This photo was found in the Culver Military Academy archives - someone has dated the picture as being taken in 1922 -
The building at the extreme right is the Coffee Shoppe which appears to be allot larger building in this picture. This would indicate that a portion of it was either torn down - or that it had burned down and was
re-built at a later date. At the time of the picture this could be F. G. Solomon's. Could this be the locations of F. G. Solomon's as it was located somewhere on Lakeshore Dr. during the 1920's - clothiers - Fred Solomon, . and has been proven to be fact by:
Culver (Marshall County JS Bilby 1920) About 100 yards west of the railroad station at Culver on the east side of the track 325 yards east of railroad bridge 148 26 220 yards east of the switch signal for
siding 80 yards south of F G Solomon's merchandise store 2.75 meters 9.02 feet east of the east and nearest rail The station and underground marks are bronze tablets set in concrete as described in notes la
and 7a 1 There is no reference mark - PRECISE TRAVERSE AND TRIANGULATION IN INDIANA By CHARLES A MOURHESS Mathematician and JASPER S BILBY Signalman United States Coast and Geodetic Survey Special Publications
- Google Books Result by U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey - 1922
Others from the left to right as may would remember them are - the theater, Hansens, Lakeview Tavern and the bowling alley; which resembles the size of the buildings
during the 1960's, 1970's, 1980's but the appeareance drastically changed this photo is said to be c. 1922.
612 Lakeshore Dr. 31 March 2007 - 2009 Hand-Sum Corporation
Uptown Cinema - Dan Bickel; their site
-- Lake Shore Dr. 1984-present - Culver Depot
In an interview that Jeff Kenney and I was on with George Franz on 9 June 2007 he related that the hill in front of the depot was at one time known
as 'Pregnant Hill' - any other comments? (I dare you!) Is it a natural hill or man made by the railroad? This is supposingly where the station
master house sat and was moved to Lake St. and became the residence of Arthur Simpson
Down almost directly in from of the depot on the access road to the park area was the Anderson Boat and Bait Shop ran by William W. Anderson.
614 - May 1999 - 2009 - Clara's Restruarant - Clara E. Hansen
(618-622) Lakeshore Dr.
618 Lakeshore Dr.
29 Aug 2008 -2010 Edgewater Grill - Hand-Sum Corportation/Dan & Bonnie Bickel
630 Lake Shore dr. - Jul 2009 - Ride On Bike Rentals
624 Lake Shore Dr. - Vacant
1924 - Dance Hall - Mickle & Mack's - it was a combination Resturant & Dance Hall
1927 - March 16 Mr. and Mrs. Neal Lichtenberger purchase Mack restaurant
1920 - ?Hayes Resturant - Charles E & Bertha E Hayes - managers?
1922 - Restaurant
Here is an ad from the "King's Official Route Guide - Section Five Automobile Routes of Indiana and Southern Indiana" published
in 1915.
CULVER CAFE SOLD
T. E. Houghton of Plymouth, has purchased the Hayes restaurant near the Pennsylvania depot at Culver. Mr. Houghton is the owner of two cafes in
Plymouth. He intends to modernize the Hayes restaurant.- The News-Sentinel, Thursday, April 25, 1929
1927 - March 23 Work commenced on new Hayes building. - Culver Citizen
HAYS DANCE PAVILION IS DESTROYED BY FIRE
The Hays dance pavilion and restaurant situated just across the street from the Vandalia
depot at Culver was entirely destroyed by fire at 2 o'clock this morning causing a loss
estimated at $10,000. No insurance was carried. The Hays establishment has been closed
since last fall. The cause of the fire is unknown. A grocery store and a soft drink
parlor located at each side of the Hays place were damaged by the fire. Insurance was
carried on both of these places of business. - -The News-Sentinel, Tuesday, December 8, 1931
1937 - Vacant lot
634 Lake Shore Dr. - 21 Aug. 2003-? - Culver Coffee Company Inc./Culver Coffee House Sanim Properties LLC
640 Lakeshore Dr. - Bennett's Contracting, LLC.
The picture above is Lake Shore Dr. looking west in 1968. The building in the foreground in the Enco full serve filling
station (a thing of the past today) managed by Alvin R. McKee, the building was leased by Wayne Hittle (mayor of Rochester) and was owned by east sider
Oscar Perrine of Indianapolis. The next building is Bennett's plumbing and the top of the building in the very back of the picture is the Coffee Shop
and apartment above owned and ran by Pearl Onesti.
Liberty St. & LakeShore
This inquiry came today (25 July 2007 - it has some interesting details - and some memory twisters for someone:
I lived on Liberty St. in Culver in 1936-37, and would like to find out several things about that time, if you can give me any help or suggestions:
How can I find out the businesses that were on Lake Shore Drive near the corner of Liberty Street? There was a grocery and a movie theater that I do
remember, but not their names...
My mother entered my kid sister, then 6 yrs old, in some sort of kids parade costume. She dressed her like a nurse pushing a baby carriage marked Dione
Quintuplets and in the carriage were 5 little turtles with the Quints names on there backs. Any idea what that event was?.....
Judi, thanks for any help. -
Judi, a million thank yous, I found Loudons Groceries and a pic of the movie house. As a young man wanting to make some money, and since that theater did
not sell popcorn, I popped a big bag at home(only 3 blocks away), buttered it, got some small paper Bags and went down to stand in front of the theater,
waiting for customers.
I only sold TWO small bags.
End of that business!
One other reminiscence. I and my friend Lamar Waite used to wait until dark, go down to the pier at the park, dive in, swim to the Academy boat pier, rest,
and swim back!
Jack Fenimore
700 - 26 Jun 2001-2009 - Osborns Mini Mart/Maxinkukee Ent. Inc;
B & R Oil IMP on leased land.
Forrest Place & Lake Shore - on the 1922 plat map name is given as 'Helen'
Forest Place Historic District (added 2000 - District - #00000671)
Also known as 099-143-53000
Forest Place, bet. College Ave. and Lake Shore Dr., Culver
Historic Significance: Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer: Stahl, Albert, Burns, David
Architectural Style: Bungalow/Craftsman
Area of Significance: Architecture
Period of Significance: 1900-1924, 1925-1949
Owner: Private
Historic Function: Domestic
Historic Sub-function: Single Dwelling
Current Function: Domestic
Current Sub-function: Single Dwelling
802 ?- 2009 Fritz Nehnevay
808 Lake Shore Dr. J. Patrick Thomas
820 Feb. 2009 Penny S. Ziegler
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