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Culver, Marshall, Indiana

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History & Genealogy of Cottage
at 1322 East Shore Drive
Yellow House  


1880 - Rector & Thomas 85A
1898 - E. Pauleen & Co. ?
1900 -
Built in or about 1900 by Milton Shirk One of the largest houses on the lake. it was designed in the Swiss Chalet style, a subtype of the popular Craftsman style of the early twentieth century. This is a two-and-a-half story, wood-frame house with a low-pitched gable roof. The original clapboards have been covered with vinyl siding, but distinctive scroll-sawn detailing remains exposed. Windows are grouped, double-hung wood, with multi-light upper sash. French doors open onto a wide porch which overlooks the lake.
1908 - Milton Shirk
1922 - Subdivided and no lot Nos.
     Milton Shirk
     Julia T. English [ part also across the shirk/steele property at road edge]
          and part of Shirk property
     Milton Shirk
     M. Shirk
     M. Shirk


1952-1953    J. H. Shirk [Joseph Henry Shirk]
??    Shirk-Robinson Cottage


1956-61    Robert D. Robertson
1979-2004     John H. and Agnes A. Bramfeld
? Feb. 1997    Agnes A. Bramfeld/John H. Bramfeld Trust
Feb 1997 -2009    Bramfeld Familt Trust, John F. Bramfeld Trustee
TR LOT 2 W RD
INT S LN L2 W R/W LN HWY 117 N 19D 27
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