Volume XXXII, No. 1, February 2015
HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVES ON LOT NO. 21
(ORIGINAL PLAT OF NORTH MANCHESTER)
by John Knarr
The recent demolition of the building (next to Mr. Dave’s Restaurant) at 106
East Main Street in North Manchester has prompted this review of the history,
ownership and business activities at this site.
The author researched Wabash County Courthouse deed records, newspaper
accounts, and census records.1
Original Plat
In the original plat surveyed by J.J. Tomlinson (recorded January 4, 1837), lots
were 4 ¾ perches wide by 9 ½ perches deep, except for the fractional lots.
In land measurement, one perch equaled 16.5 feet, the length of one pole
or rod.
Lot No. 21 was situated at the northeast corner of Main and Market Streets.
Between Market Street and the alley to the east were Lots No. 21 and No.
22.
The “proprietor” of Manchester was Peter Ogan. Ogan sold Lots 21 and 22 to
Joseph Harter on October 22, 1836. Harter paid $50 for these two undeveloped
lots. The original plat of Manchester with lots numbered-
More Early Owners of Lot 21 (102-104-106-108 East Main Street):
On July 13, 1844, the Harters sold Lot 21 to Jesse Davis for $30. In the 1850
Federal Census, Jesse Davis was listed as a Druggist, living in Huntington,
Indiana, age 39, having $1100 real estate value.
On June 14, 1847, Davis sold Lot 21 to William Mowrer for $275. The price
increase indicated some improvement and construction had been done at this site.
In the 1860-1861 Indiana State Gazetteer and Business Directory, Mowrer was
listed as a boot and shoe maker. In 1864-1865 Mowrer was listed as a clothing
dealer.
On January 5, 1854, Mowrer sold Lot
21 to Franklin Templin and Benjamin Wise for $900.
Benjamin Wise sold to Franklin Templin his undivided half of Lot 21 on February
3, 1855, for $400.
The Templins sold to Charles O. Barrett (Barratt) Lot 21 on October 8, 1856, for
$1000.
On February 4, 1858, the Barretts sold back to the Templins Lot 21 for $850.2 In
the 1858-59 Indiana State Gazetteer and Business Directory, Franklin Templin was
listed as having a general store in North Manchester. A general store was
defined as having Dry Goods, Groceries, Hardware, Queensware. In the 1850
Federal Census, Franklin Templin was identified as “C.S. Clergyman”, age 33. In
the 1860 Census, Templin was listed as age 43, living in North Manchester.
Historical Note: According to the 1860 Federal Census, the owner of the Marshall
House, M.S. Marshall, Daniel’s brother, was a neighbor to the Templins, William
Mowrer, Krishers, and George Little.
At a sheriff’s sale on August 11, 1860, Lot 21 was sold to John Hough, Jr., for
$300. John Hough was an attorney living in Fort Wayne in 1860, age 40.3
The Templins were given rights to 37 feet of the east side of Lot 21. They
signed on April 5, 1862, a Quit Claim Deed for $500 to John Hough, thereby
relinquishing any rights of the
Templins to the western part of Lot 21.
Explanatory Note: This Civil War period provided the first instance of a
division to Lot 21. The eastern 37 feet included the ground occupied by the
recent Kennedy-Lucas building, the old cigar factory, and Silver Creek Printing
building.
The Templins sold to Samuel Wertenberger on November 5, 1862, the 37 feet on the
east side of Lot 21 for $250. In the 1860-1861 and 1864-1865 Indiana State
Gazetteer and Business Directory, Samuel Wertenberger was listed as a saddle and
harness maker.
Wertenberger sold to John Herr on March 17, 1865, for $1500 the 37 feet of the
east side of Lot 21.
Herr sold to Nettie Krisher on December 15, 1868, for $550 the 20 feet of the
entire east side of Lot 21.
Explanatory Note: This transaction constituted further division of Lot 21.
On June 19, 1872, Joseph H. Bonner and his wife, the former Nettie Krisher) sold
to Samuel Mylin for $1200 the 20 feet on the entire east side. In the 1860
Federal Census, Samuel Mylin, age 21, was listed as son of Christian, living in
Chester Township.
On August 8, 1872, the Mylins sold to Elias Blickenstaff and John J. Martin the
20 feet off the east side of Lot 21 for $1200. Blickenstaff and Martin “took
possession of their handsome new room (one door west of their old stand) and
filled it up with a large assortment of Drugs and light Groceries, including
Watermelons and Sody Water.”4 In
the 1875-76 Swartz, Tedrowe & Tilford’s Indiana State Directory, the
Blickenstaff Bros. were listed as druggist and jewelers. J.J. Martin had a
listing as photographer. In 1874,
S.J. Holley was a craftsman recruited by Blickenstaff to service the clocks,
watches and jewelry that had been added to the Blickenstaff drug stock.5 Holley
was the artist who painted the work hanging in the Indiana Room of the North
Manchester Public Library. There were several sons in the John and Harriat
Blickenstaff household (1860 Federal Census), including Elias, Samuel, Jacob and
Joseph.
On April 18, 1873, the Martins sold to Elias Blickenstaff their undivided half
interest in the 20 feet off the east side of Lot 21. In the 1882-83 Indiana
State Gazetteer and Business Directory, Elias A. Blickenstaff was listed as
having a dairy.
On September 16, 1873, Elias Blickenstaff sold to Stephen W. Jenks Sr. and
Chauncey Hamilton for $2000 an undivided half of the 20 feet off the east side
of Lot 21.6 This
transaction included Blickenstaff’s drug store (goods and house). Possession was
given to Dr. Hamilton in July, 1873, a short period before the deed was actually
signed.7 In
the 1870 Federal Census, Hamilton was identified as a Physician, age 29, living
in Warren, Huntington County, Indiana.
On February 20, 1875, Chauncy Hamilton and his wife Susan sold their undivided
half of the 20 feet off the east side of Lot 21 to Stephen W. Jenks Sr. It was
reported in the local newspaper that E.A. Blickenstaff had re-purchased in 1874
the drug business he had sold to Hamilton the year before.8
On October 6, 1877, Stephen W. Jenks and his wife Sarah J. sold the 20 feet wide
off the east side of Lot 21 to Jacob Lines for $2000.
On November 1, 1877, Jacob Lines & Rachel A. Lines, his wife sold to Beverly W.
Tyner for $2000 the east 20 feet.
Beverly W. Tyner and Sarah C. Tyner, his wife, sold to Jesse J. Tyler on
February 13, 1878, the property for $2000. In the 1880-81 Indiana State
Gazetteer and Business Directory, Jesse J. Tyler was listed as having a carriage
repository.
On May 27, 1878, Jesse J. Tyler sold to Lydia E. Fanning for $4400 the east 20
feet of Lot 21.
On February 25, 1880, Jesse J. Tyler and wife (the former Lydia E. Fanning) sold
the property for $2000 to Jacob M. and Nancy M. Jennings. In the 1875-76 Swartz,
Tedrowe & Tilford’s Indiana State Directory, J.M. Jennings was listed as having
a grocery and restaurant. Jennings was listed as a grocer in the 1880-81 Indiana
State Gazetteer and Business Directory, and as having a general store in the
1882-83 Directory. Jennings and Sheller were listed as grocers in the 1884-85
Directory. J.M. Jennings was listed as a grocer and baker in the 1887 Indiana
State Gazetteer and Business Directory published by R.L. Polk.
On September 8, 1887, Nancy J. Ridgley purchased the property for $2000 from
Jacob M. Jennings and his wife. Nancy J. Ridgley was listed as having a
millinery store in the 1882-83, 1884-85, 1887 and 1890 Directories. Nancy
Ridgley advertised hats, lace, bonnets, jewelry, and “fancy goods”.
On September 2, 1891, Nancy J. Ridgley and John B. Ridgley, her husband. sold
the property to Jonathan B. Ridgley for $2200. Jonathan B. Ridgley was brother
to John B. Ridgley.9 On
December 17, 1894, Jonathan B. Ridgley and Mary E. Ridgley, his wife, sold the
property back to John B. Ridgley.
John B. and Nancy J. Ridgley then sold the property to Mary E. Ridgley for same
amount $2200 and deed also dated December 17, 1894. On January 3, 1899, Mary E.
(Elizabeth) Ridgley & Jonathan B. Ridgley, her husband once again sold the real
estate to John B. Ridgley. The Ridgleys became embroiled in several lawsuits
regarding mortgages, property titles and many liens were filed against the east
20 feet of Lot 21. Legal proceedings took place in the Circuit Court of Wabash
County to “quiet title”. An historically significant affidavit by Joseph B.
Harter was filed on August 29, 1900, which outlined the chain of title. The
Court ruled on November 3, 1900, that “the title thereto ought to be quieted and
put at rest in said plaintiff John B. Ridgley. It is therefore considered and
decreed by the Court that said plaintiff, John B. Ridgley, is the owner in fee
simple of the real estate herein described….”
Dated March 26, 1902, John B. Ridgley leased to Burrows R. Johnson for $30 per
month the east 20 feet of Lot 21.
Dated March 11, 1909, John B. Ridgely leased first floor only of two story
building to Emanuel L. Mort and Harry Mort, doing business under the firm name
of E.L. Mort & Son. Ridgley agrees to erect on the north end of the lot “a
warehouse, or building two stories. The first floor or story which is to be
included in this lease, and is to be used by said Mort & Son.”10
John B. Ridgley sold to his daughter Audrey E. Henney the property, east 20 feet
including the brick building on the north part of the lot, April 11, 1917,
“subject to a mortgage calling for $2500 given by John B. Ridgley to Noah Garber
and current taxes.”
Dated October 1, 1918, Administrator’s Deed, Noah Garber purchased property for
$3400. Union Trust Company was the Administrator of the estate of Audrey E.
Henney, deceased.
On January 24, 1921, Noah Garber sold the property to Glen M. Keppler for $3200.
Keppler owned the Milton Electric Brooder Co. and a furnace company (Wabash
County Partnership Book, p. 200, 245).
On May 18, 1928, Glen M. Keppler and Opal Keppler, his wife, sold property to
Floyd E. Sims. Sims leased the property to different business owners; some
readers may recall the time when a pool hall existed on the premises and a
business called “Playmore Recreation Center”. At one time in the 1940s the
building at 108 E. Main Street was torn down and rebuilt.
On August 23, 1955, Floyd E. and Bertie M. Sims sold to Fred A. Barnes, on land
contract.11 Property
was conveyed to Fred A. and Betty Barnes by warranty deed on March 4, 1961.
Subsequent owners of the property at 108 East Main were Paul L. and Elvadene
Frieden; James W. and Shirley Mishler; John and Bea Knarr (MicroWorld
Computers); Keith Ring (Silver Creek Printing). The cigar factory was acquired
by the North Manchester Historical Society in 2010; and the refurbished building
was then sold to Mark Phillabaum in 2011. In 1983, former owner Fred Barnes
shared with John Knarr several stories and anecdotes about the old cigar
factory.
The west 40.38 feet of Lot No. 21 (102-104 East Main Street):
On March 24, 1864, the Houghs sold to Michael Henney the west 40.38 feet of Lot
No. 21 for $1000. Henney carried on a tin business on the northeast corner of
Main and Market Streets. This corner became known as “Henney’s Corner”. The
Harter brothers (Jacob & J.B.) occupied the Henney room on the corner for a few
years in the post-Civil War period and sold merchandise. The Harters then built
a brick building to the east on Lot 22 which became known as the Harter Drug
Store.12
A fire destroyed the four frame business buildings on Lot 21 fronting
Main Street.13 The
fire apparently originated in the rear of the two-story building owned by
Benjamin Oppenheim.14 These
structures were replaced with other buildings after 1900. The Henney children
were artistically inclined and painted the opera curtains having local
advertising circa 1910.
On January 13, 1916, Michael Henney’s heirs, Louisa Henney and Charles E. Henney
sold for $3500 the west 40.38 feet of Lot 21 to Annie B. Tobin.
On June 4, 1920, Annie B. Tobin sold to the United Owners Supply Co. for $3800
the west 40.38 of Lot 21. According to the Articles of Incorporation, the
“object and purposes of this Association shall be… the buying and selling of all
automobile products and parts and all goods and merchandise connected therewith;
and the buying and selling of gasoline and oil and all other articles common to
the automobile trade; and the owning of real estate for the purpose of
conducting the business contemplated herein. (Article 3)” The incorporators were
O.V. Sholty (Wabash), Robert R. Batton (Wabash), and Howard W. Rager (North
Manchester).
On April 7, 1922, the United Owners Supply Co. of North Manchester sold to the
Standard Oil Co. for $10,000 the west 40.38 feet of Lot 21. In March 1961 title
was transferred to The American Oil Co., a Maryland corporation, and a wholly
owned subsidiary of Standard Oil Company, an Indiana corporation. On December
1972, the name was changed from The American Oil Co. to Amoco Oil Company, a
Maryland corporation. Russ Michael ran the service station (Mike’s) from 1925
until he retired on August 23, 1973. In 1935 or 1936 the little brick station
was built. In his 1975 oral interview, Michael explained that the Blackmore
cigar factory next door existed before he began operating the Standard Oil
operation in 1925. While gasoline could be purchased at other outlets such as
grocery stores, Michael’s gas station was the “first real gas station” in North
Manchester. In his oral interview, Michael recalled the activities next door at
106 East Main. When Michael first came to town, a feed store, Acme Grain Co. run
by Old Daddy Wright, existed; then the Bolinger tin shop; and in the 1940s, the
tire or recapping shop run by Charlie Kennedy and his son-in-law Niblett, and
later by Frank Lucas.
On August 17, 1973, the Amoco Oil Company sold to William H. Poston and wife
Iona D. the west 40.38 feet of Lot 21.
David and Shirley Clapp purchased the property from the Postons on November 1,
1973, and Mr. Dave’s Restaurant was founded.
The Property Strip Recently Razed (106 East Main Street):
On January 29, 1872, John and Harriet Herr sold to D.S. Miller (of Decatur,
Adams Co.) the property existing between the 20 foot strip on the east side of
Lot 21 and the 40 foot strip to the west at the corner of Main and Market
Streets. The width of this property was about seventeen feet.15
In the 1875-76 Swartz, Tedrowe & Tilford’s Indiana State Directory, D.S.
Miller was listed as selling groceries and queensware. Daniel S. Miller was also
listed as a grocer in the 1880-1881, 1882-83, and 1884-85 Indiana State
Gazetteer and Business Directories.
On June 5, 1888, Benjamin Oppenheim acquired the seventeen foot wide property
for $1226.16
On July 21, 1903, Benjamin Oppenheim sold to J.J. Tyler and wife for $1500 this
fractional part of Lot 21.
On April 14, 1904, the Tylers sold to Levi Eikenberry this part of Lot 21 for
$2500.
Levi and Florinza J. Eikenberry sold to John H. and Ida M. Fouts this part of
Lot 21 for $3000 on October 6, 1908.
The Fouts then sold to Audrey Henney, unmarried (divorced), formerly Audrey
Ridgley, the property for $3500.
Audrey Henney sold the property to Samuel T. Oldfather on March 6, 1917.17
Samuel T. Oldfather and wife Sarah E. Oldfather sold on October 22, 1921, the
seventeen-foot wide property to the Acme Grain Company for $3200.18 Oldtimers
recall when horse-pulled farm wagons would enter the building off the alley to
the north and actually pass through the building towards the south, exiting the
front of the building after having loaded or sold their grain.
On November 1, 1937, the Acme Grain Co. sold to Clyde and Ruth Bolinger this
property for $1500.
On October 3, 1943, Clyde Bolinger19 sold
the property to Charles O. Kennedy. Kennedy Tire Service started in 1943;
partners were Charles O. Kennedy and Emma M. Kennedy; A.R. Niblett and Ada B.
Niblett.
On February 11, 1946, Charles O. Kennedy sold the property to his partner,
Ambrose R. Niblett.
In 1949 Frank B. Lucas became owner of Kennedy-Lucas Tire Service.
On February 6, 1952, the property was sold by Niblett
to Grace Wright. Fred Lucas
and, more recently, George Scheerer subsequently became the property owners.
This property was then purchased by
Mark Phillabaum,20 and
razed to provide a walkway with gardens. Phillabaum intends to make improvements
to the former cigar factory that has also been known as the Ridgley Building
since the Ridgley family had it built in 1909. The Blackmore Cigar factory
existed in the early 1920s and was operated by Karl Morris. The Ridgleys had no
connection to the Blackmore operation inasmuch as John, Nancy and their daughter
Audrey had passed away before 1920. John B. Ridgley was a Civil War veteran who
lost his eyesight near the end of the conflict. The North Manchester Historical
Society acquired this tall brick building in 2010 from Keith Ring. The Historic
Homes Preservation Group helped in preserving it by having the masonry tuck
pointed, adding a new roof and covering open windows with local art work. In
September of 2011 the building was sold to Mark Phillabaum.
1 The
following publications were researched, compiled and published in 2014 by John
Knarr. These books are accessible at the Indiana Historical Society Library
(Indianapolis), Archives at the Wabash County Historical Museum, and North
Manchester Center for History:
Notarized Certificates of Business—Firms & Owners 1922-1963 in the North
Manchester Area; Occupations, Professions and Business Licenses
(1862-1866) in Chester & Pleasant Townships, Wabash County; Early Mills &
Manufacturers in the North Manchester Area (1850-1860); Incomes in
1864 (Wabash County, Indiana); North Manchester Business Directories
(1846-1929).
2 In
July 18, 1890, Charles O. Barrett and his wife Sarah lived in Sarpy County,
Nebraska. In the 1850 Federal Census, Barrett was listed as a Farmer living in
Clay Township, Kosciusko County; in 1860 he was listed as a Farmer living in
Pleasant Township, Wabash County, Age 39.
3 1860
U.S. Federal Census. Hough
’s real estate value was listed at $10,000 and his personal estate, $2000.
4 The
Manchester Republican, September 7, 1872.
5 The
Manchester Republican, April 30, 1874.
6 In
1892, Elias and Ada Blickenstaff were living in Marion County, Indiana
(Indianapolis). E.A. Blickenstaff purchased an interest in the Clemans insurance
agency and returned to North Manchester. A display ad for the Clemans &
Blickenstaff Real Estate, Insurance & Loans can be found in the Wabash County
Directory for 1894.
7 The
Manchester Republican, July 31, 1873.
8 The
Manchester Republican, March 26, 1874.
9 See
T.B. Helm, History of Wabash County (1884), p. 296.
10 See
page 186 of Miscellaneous Record “V”, Wabash County Recorder.The brick building
built in 1909 later became a cigar factory and rooming house. Marion V. Grim was
the builder; the Indiana Brick Company provided the bricks; the North Manchester
Lumber Company, the lumber.
11 Floyd
Sims lived in Mishawaka, St. Joseph County, Indiana, in 1949. He died on
February 23, 1956.
12 North
Manchester Journal, February 4, 1909; obituary of Jacob Harter (1829-1909).
13 North
Manchester Journal, August 21, 1890.
14 North
Manchester Journal, August 21, 1890.
15 The
Herrs moved to Lawrence, Douglas Co., Kansas.
16 As
a result of a lawsuit, the property was sold to Oppenheim, and Oppenheim was
given a “Commissioner’s Deed” by Daniel Sala. Ben Oppenheim’s father Jacob had
earlier purchased property on the adjacent Lot No. 22 from the Heeters. Jacob’s
deed was dated March 10, 1881. Jacob paid $3000 for the brick building situated
on the “East Twenty and one half foot wide of the entire length of the West half
of Lot No. 22.” Oppenheim later moved his business to buildings east of the
alley on the same block.
17 Samuel
Oldfather (1847-1928) and his wife Sarah (1857-1953) were instrumental in
establishing the Christian Science Church in North Manchester. See NMHS
Newsletter, May 1987.
18 Officers
of the Acme Grain Company who signed the deed were: Joseph S. Lessig, President,
and Francis K. Bowser, Secretary-Treasurer.
19 Clyde
Bolinger was a brother to Alvin and an uncle to Harold Bolinger.
20 News-Journal,
February 4, 2015.
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Source: North Manchester Journal, September 14, 1893
Jacob Harter, as his more intimate friends have been aware for some time,
has become quite an expert woodworker in his old age. He has just finished up a
fine side-board which is hard to beat, and has made many handsome and useful
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NMHS Program Schedule for 2015
Jan 12
Annual Membership Meeting & Natural History Video
Feb 9
Steve Olsen, North Manchester Real Time/Facebook
Mar 9
Margaret Fritzel, Laura Ingalls Wilder
Apr 13 Ferne Baldwin, Hessians & the American Revolution
May 11 Clyde
Lovellette
Jun 8
Jennifer Capps, Benjamin Harrison Site
Jul 13
Shirley Willard, Potawatomi Woman on Trail of Death
Aug 10 Nancy Reed,
John Comstock & Liberty Mills
Sep 14 David
Waas, Flood of 1913
Oct 12 Jim
Adams & Thelma Rohrer, Daniel Garber-Artist
Nov 9
Storytellers
Dec 14
Peabody Entertainers, Christmas Music
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at 6 p.m. for a meal prior to the presentation.
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Reservations may be made by calling Evelyn at 260-982-6777, Mary at
260-982-1813, or the Center for History at 260-982-0672.