Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2000.
“Forest Place Historic District is a national historic district located at Culver, Indiana. The district encompasses 14 contributing buildings in a residential section of Culver.”
Wikipedia article Forest Place Historic District, CC BY-SA 4.0.
One of 34 National Register listings published here for Marshall County · listed in 2000 · category: District.
Sources: the Wikipedia article · the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
This property stands in Union Township. History of Indiana : Containing a History of Indiana and Biographical Sketches of Governors and Other Leading Men. Also a Statement of the Growth and Prosperity of Marshall County, Together with a Personal and Family Histry of Many of Its Citizens, published 1890 gives that township a chapter of its own.
The chapter covers the township.
Machine-read from a century-old scan, so expect the errors a machine makes: misspelled names, dropped words, stray characters.
Read the whole chapter on Union Township - 6,589 words on its settlement, mills, schools and churches.
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Forest Place Historic District: 1 producer, 1 past producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Limestone, General. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Allen Weaver Marl Pit | Limestone, General | Past Producer | ||
| Burr Oak Sand & Gravel Company | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Culver, the town this property stands in, in 18 storm reports between 1994 and 2025: 14 thunderstorm wind, 4 hail. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Culver | $250,000 | Numerous trees, tree limbs and power lines were blown down in and around Culver. Several of the trees and limbs fell onto houses or a few businesses. Damage in the area is estimated at $250,000. |
| April 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Culver | $50,000 | A storage shed was destroyed and several large trees were downed. |
| March 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Culver | $30,000 | Two power poles down near the intersection of SR 10 and SR 17. |
| March 2023 | Hail | Culver | $500 | A picture showed hail between half and three-quarter inch hail. |
| March 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Culver | - | The public reported a carport, anchored three feet into the ground, was blown over. |
| June 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Culver | - | A trained spotter reported small to medium size branches blown down. In addition, a wooden sign at a local golf course was blown down. |
| May 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Culver | - | Amateur radio operators reported a large branch being blown down. |
| June 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Culver | - | Emergency management officials reported trees and power lines reported down south of Culver. |
| June 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Culver | - | Trees and power lines down. |
| July 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Culver | - | Law enforcement officials reported trees and power lines down across the county. |
| August 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Culver | - | Law enforcement reported trees down southeast of Culver and also near Inwood. |
| June 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Culver | - | Large tree down. |
| June 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Culver | - | NUMEROUS TREES BLOWN DOWN IN TOWN WITH SEVERAL POWER OUTAGES REPORTED. |
| June 2006 | Hail | Culver | - | no account filed |
| April 2003 | Hail | Culver | - | no account filed |
| May 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Culver | - | no account filed |
| July 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Culver | - | no account filed |
| June 1995 | Hail | Culver | - | no account filed |
No historic map-sheet match is published for this property yet. That does not mean no map exists. This record needs a coordinate-quality review before it can be joined to a sheet boundary. Browse the county's mapped places while that work is pending.
Other National Register properties close enough to walk or drive between, ordered by distance from this one. Both positions come from the same geocoding pass that matched these properties to their map sheets.
| Photograph | Property | Distance | Listed |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Culver Commercial Historic District | 0.4 miles | 1996 |
 | East Shore Historic District | 1.9 miles | 1998 |
 | Woodbank | 2.4 miles | |
 | Norris Farm-Maxinkuckee Orchard | 2.9 miles | 2016 |
| Sults-Quivey-Hartman Polygonal Barn and Farm | 4.6 miles | 2019 | |
 | Chief Menominee Memorial Site | 5.9 miles | 2010 |
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 00000671 in Record Group 79. |
| Wikipedia article | Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA. |
| Marshall County | All 34 listed properties in this county. |
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