Editing Culver, Indiana (section)

==History==
Culver was laid out as '''Union Town''' in 1844.<ref>{{cite book|last=McDonald|first=Daniel|title=A Twentieth Century History of Marshall County, Indiana|url=https://archive.org/details/twentiethcentury01mcdo|year=1908|publisher=Lewis Publishing Co.|page=[https://archive.org/details/twentiethcentury01mcdo/page/125 125]}}</ref> It was later renamed for Henry Harrison Culver, founding head of the [[Culver Academies|Culver Military Academy]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Baker|first=Ronald L.|title=From Needmore to Prosperity: Hoosier Place Names in Folklore and History|url=https://archive.org/details/fromneedmoretopr00bake|url-access=registration|date=October 1995|publisher=Indiana University Press|isbn=978-0-253-32866-3|page=[https://archive.org/details/fromneedmoretopr00bake/page/107 107]|quote=The present name is for the founder of Culver Military Academy, Henry Harrison Culver.}}</ref>

The [[Culver Commercial Historic District]] and [[Forest Place Historic District]] are listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places]].<ref>{{NRISref|version=2010a}}</ref> One of the buildings covered in the National Register is the [[List of United States post office murals#Indiana|post office]], which contains a [[United States post office murals|mural]] completed by [[Jessie Hull Mayer]] as part of the [[Section of Painting and Sculpture]]′s projects, later called the [[Section of Fine Arts]], of the [[United States Department of the Treasury|Treasury Department]]. ''Arrival of the Mail in Culver,'' completed in 1938, portrays students from the military academy and other residents looking at their mail.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Carlisle|first1=John C.|title=The Culver Post Office Mural|url=http://www.culver.lib.in.us/culver-post-office.htm|website=Culver Library|publisher=Culver-Union Township Public Library|access-date=March 17, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151005042247/http://www.culver.lib.in.us/culver-post-office.htm|archive-date=October 5, 2015|location=Culver, Indiana|date=2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last1=Thayer|first1=Laura|title=National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Culver Commercial Historic District|url=https://npgallery.nps.gov/GetAsset?assetID=6c2483ec-9695-4eb2-9709-1ed78fee1ea2|publisher=National Park Service|access-date=March 17, 2017|location=Washington, D. C.|date=November 20, 1995|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170317234832/https://npgallery.nps.gov/GetAsset?assetID=6c2483ec-9695-4eb2-9709-1ed78fee1ea2|archive-date=March 17, 2017|page=8}}</ref>