313 North 37^th Street

The History of the Building

3711-3713, 3715: “Circa 1870, three-story brick rowhouse with Circa 1890 Colonial Revival porch; first-floor projecting bays (except for 315); segmental lintels. and bracketed wood cornice”

(Inventory of Buildings in Powelton from the application submitted to the National Register of Historic Places, 1985)

Previous Residents

1870:

Robert Tumbleston 50 Clerk at Adams (Exports?)

Anna M 45

Alice 22

William H 20 Clerk at Adams (Exports?)

Mary 18

Abigail 87 Born in N.J.; property: $5,000

(1^st Enumeration: pp 13-14; 2^nd Enumeration: p 14)

William ran for congress from West Philadelphia on the Prohibition Party ticket in 1888. He was Supt. of Powelton Avenue Baptist Sunday-school, West Philadelphia in 1887. He had a (butcher?) Store at 4^th Str. Below Locust.

The 1866 Directory lists a Robert T. Tumbelston, clerk, 31 N. 39^th St.

1880:

Henry S. Talman 29 Clerk in a bank; born in N.J.; single

H. M. P. Allen 52 Female; Widowed

Maria K. Stanton 21 Servant; born in Ireland

(ED 487, 1)

In 1870, H.M.P. Allen was a widowed dressmaker with a daughter, Sarah M. Allen (Ward 10, ED 28). In 1900, she lived at 318 N. 37^th St.

1910:

John J Weeks 80 Widowed, 2 children; father born in N.J.; owns free of mortgage

Emily S Weeks 50 Daughter; single

Anna E Atkins 78 Sister[-in-law?]; single; parents born in Maine (?)

(ED 492, 6A)

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