315 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

1880:

Robert R.B. Allen 40 Civil engineer

Annie E. Allen 38

Nellie M. Allen 19

Clarence W. Allen 11 At school

(ED 487, 1)

1910:

Anna B Vanburen 50 Widowed, 2 children; born in N.Y., mother in Ireland (English); renting

Veola M Vanburen 22 Daughter; born in Austria

Elsie B Vanburen 20 Bookkeeper in hardware business

Jennetta R Scott 75 Mother; widowed, 3 children; born in Scotland

Jane S Trank 75 Boarder; widowed, 2 children; born in Maine

Lillian S Trank 40 Boarder; Artist; single; parents born in Maine

(ED 492, 6A)

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