Culver hardware fire, 1957
Posted in African-American History, Buildings, Culver -- Town of, Culver Hardware, Events, Fires, Organizations - Culver-Union Twp. Volunteer Fire Dept. on Aug 16th, 2012
The entire upper floor of the Culver hardware store at 120 South Main Street was lost in a three-hour, $60,000, April, 1957 blaze, which The Culver Citizen describes as interrupting the “traditional” Easter Sunday noon parade. Residing in the apartment at the time was the Chatman family, one of several making up Culver’s African-American community […]
