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1 The Vidette-Messenger, located at 1111 Glendale
Blvd. as shown on 1973 advertisement
2 Gardner School located at 354 W. Jefferson St. as
illustrated on a 1914 postcard
3 Valparaiso Post Office located at City Hall as
illustrated on a 1935 postcard
4 1911 Photograph of Chicago Mica Company located
on S. Campbell St.
5 A&P Super Market opened at 1401 Calumet in 1962
Valparaiso Vidette Messenger, Valparaiso, Indiana, US
May 08, 1962, Page 2
https://newspaperarchive.com/advertisement-clipping-may-08-1962-3213418/
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the factory site for Cosmo Buttermilk Soap Company, also
known as the Culbert-Hutchison Factory. Its former plant still
stands in Goshen, the design and structure very similar to the
Valparaiso location.
Then in 1899, the newly organized Chicago Mica Company
purchased the building to manufacture electrical products.
The name of the company was later changed to Continental
Diamond Fibre Company, a division of the Budd Company.
The longest tenant to date, the plant ceased operations in
1960. From then until 1985, the Anderson Company leased
the building to a number of tenants, most notably and
recently to ANCO, which made windshield wiper blades.
Now after nearly 40 years of vacancy, the Welter family
is restoring the plant and re-envisioning it as a distillery,
restaurant, and event space. The plan will cultivate a planned
hundreds of jobs, and share space with the City Transit
Center, serving those in our community who utilize the
ChicaGoDash Commuter Bus Service.
Communities like ours who recognize their history as an
asset are all the more charming for their ability to grow
and change, utilizing the materials left behind by our
predecessors. In this way, we’ve been green since the
beginning, and these buildings that have been with us so
long will hopefully remain and become part of the green
innovations we’ve envisioned for our future.
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