316 North 37th Street

 

 

The History of the Building

 

ÒCirca 1870, three-story. two-register, brick house with Victorian porch; bracketed flat overhanging roof; louvered shutters added to third floor; two-story addition to rear circa 1895.Ó

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

 

Previous Residents

 

1900:

Villeroy D Reed           83        Minister; widowed; born in N.Y.; owns free of mortgage

Emily W Reed             53        Daughter; single; born in N.Y.

Anna S Reed                50        Daughter; single; born in N.Y.

Villeroy D Reed, Jr.     28        Son; bank clerk; born in N.J.

(ED 549, 2B)

 

1906 Blue Book: Mr. & Mrs. Franklin T. Cheney

 

1910:

George A Whitcomb  50        Bookkeeper for [unreadable]; born in Wisc., father in Vt., mother in N.Y.; renting

Leonore B Whitcomb 50        Married 23 years, 1 child

Hazel B Whitcomb      22        Daughter; stenographer for glass establishment; single; born in Wisc.

(ED 499, 6A)

 

 

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