Culver Post Office

Dedication marker on the south side of the Culver Elementary School Gym which credits R. L. Easterday Construction with the construction in 1929.

Jeff Kenny borrowed a box of pictures I was given by the Culver Post Office a few years ago.  He plans to scan them for the history museum.  I’ve scanned them all including a large quantity of construction records from the project showing draws and wage rates.  All of it is extremely interesting and provides a glimpse into the early history of our family business.  Our early history is somewhat sketchy and our earliest project record we have is the concrete marker on the Culver Elementary School Gym which credits us with the construction in 1929.  (It was the High School gym then, long before the school consolidation.)

Culver Post Office under construction

Jeff’s Throw Back Thursday article on the Culver Post Office gives some history of the site and includes a few pictures, one of which I included to here to the left.  Purusing through the records from the project, I’m not sure if anyone who worked on it is alive today, but I doubt it.  It was a depression era project and I have heard family stories of my great grandfather, Russell Easterday, taking the overnight train to Washington, D.C. with submittals and bids for government work during that time.  At that time in our early history, the offices for the company were on the second floor of the State Exchange Bank building (currently First Farmers Bank & Trust).  The current building at 402 North Slate Street was constructed on Russell’s farm in the 1950’s.

Image Source:  Jeff KennyThe Pilot News

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