Lake Maxinkuckee Its Intrigue
History & Genealogy

Culver, Marshall, Indiana

Maxinkuckee Landing

The East side Historic District - the official recording of this is: Also known as Lake Maxinkuckee Historic District - - Roughly, E Shore Also known as Lake Maxinkuckee Historic District - - Roughly, E Shore Dr. from W. 18th Rd.,to the E turn of IN 117, including Maxinkuckee Country Club, Culver. But a map I found expands it further north of the landing.

There is another one of this label "Boat Landing".

Access to lake going west and 18th Rd. going east from St. Rd. 117
about 1866 Richard J. Bright built a boat house in the area

Here is a section refering to the Maxinkuckee Landing area from the 1900 topographical map by J. T. Scovell:

1352 - Bigley Store
1346 - Bigley Cottage

The cottage was on the lake front & the Store at on the the corner of the Landing road and St. Rd. 117

1897 - December the issue of the Culver Herald dated 31 Dec 1897 - told of the fire that destroyed several buildings at Maxinkuckee Landing. One being a building that housed the grocery and confectioanry store operated by Frank Fernandez and the butcher shop which was next door.

Note - for now this is a guess as to what this building is - but from the story above I and giving a good guess it was the building that was to have been moved so that the brick store shown below could be built. Also John Bigleys writes of a building in his story on the Maxinkuckee Launches:
Captain Lee R. Finney , who owned the East Side May and the Carol, had his headquarters at the landing. He was the one that I knew in my youth and admired so much. In a small building on the lot of my father, Guy Bigley, had his shop, office and living quarters. He hired Dick Louden to run the East Side May and Eddie Boberg to take telephone messages and to keep the books. Captain Finney always ran the Carol as it was the fastes launch.

The issue of 10 Sep 1908 tell of the fire that destoryed the building owned by Thomas Bigley; the store at the time was under the managment of William Smead. pans were under way to to move the structure so that the Bigley Brothers could make room to erect a brick structure.

Bigley Store was built In 1908 by Guy Bigley and Chester Bigley with the help of their father Thomas J. They sold groceries and other goods; as well as gas and kerosene. It was to have a Tea Room. Living quarters were upstairs and the rear of the 2nd floor also house the telephone company. Guy sold the store in 1933. A large water wheel that sat near the road powered the water from the artesian well for the store.

1932-1964 - S. J. Rossa Grocery (East Side; PH:300)

In 1969 it was razed down by the owners, the Rocaps and is a bare lot and the address no longer exists. By ads placed by S. J. Rossa - he was into real estate, this ad was found n the 1962 plat book for Marshall county.

1355 [1352] East Shore Dr  ?-2007   Empty Lot East Side of Road - Manor Associates Inc./James E. Rocap Jr. But over the years it was: Vans Market; R & J Market and Apartments and finally the Manor Market
18th B. Rd.

17001 - Aug. 2006   Herbert L & Evelyn M.Crabb
Aug-Sep. 2006   Evelyn M Crabb & Dale I Crabb JT/RS
Sep 2006 - 2009  Dale I Crabb

17078   Sept 1986    Warren Bailey & Diane I. Davies
        Jun. 1998   Stephen G. Fox

1987 1991, 1993 James F. Moore

        Jun 1998-2009   James F & Clare H Trustee Rev Living Trust
16781 [16787]   1985-   Norman R. Baxter - Baxter family
        2004- 2006   Mrs. Norman R. Baxter
        2007   Not listed

Up the road was the Allegheny House at 16921 18th B. Rd.

and just a short ways up the road is Maxinkuckee village; several plats of this small village is below:

Last updated 22.11.2009

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