This house has its
entrance on
The History of the Building
“stucco over brick Italianate house,
paired and triple arcuated windows, mansard roof on
east tower wing, ogee -dormers., first floor polygonal bay on main section,
first and second floor window alts, enclosed porch to the west.”
(Inventory of Buildings in Powelton from the application submitted to the
National Register of Historic Places, 1985)
Previous Residents of
1866 Directory: A.
B. Justice, hardware,
The
1861 Directory lists him at Bridge [
1870:
Alfred Justice 53 Retired
hardware merchant; real estate: $15,000; property: $10,000.
Susan H. Justice 42
George M. Justice 15 In school
Alfred R. Justice 13 In school
Herbert
M. Justice 10 In
school
May F. Justice
6
Frank [Florence] Justice 4
?? McIlvain 50 (only in 2nd enumeration)
Mary E. Powell 7 In school; born in N.J.; (only in 1st
enumeration)
Annie F. Gilmore 24 Domestic
servant; born in
(1870: 1st enumeration: pp 32-33; 2nd enumeration: p 11)
Susan
H. Justice was the daughter of Hugh and Hannah Hunt McIlvain. She grew up near 34th and Market
St. and many members of her family remained in Powelton.
1872 Hopkins Atlas shows owner as Susan
Justice.
1880:
Alfred Justice 63 Hardware; he suffered from “paralysis”
Susan H.
Justice 52
Geo. M. Justice 25 Real estate
Alfred R. Justice 23 Hardware
Herbert Justice 20 Traveling
salesman
Florance M. Justice 16 Clerk; [son]
Mary F. Justice
14
Mary Powell 17 Assistant
nurse; parents born in N.J.
Margret Kennedy 33 Servant; born
in
(ED 483, 5) Note; in 1880, the address was listed as
321.
1890 Directory: Nathan Sellers
1890 Blue Book: Mr. & Mrs. Nathan
Sellers,
Mrs. Susan H. Justice,
Herbert M. Justice, and Alfred R. Justice, 321 N. 33rd St.
1894, July 17: Death of Susan H. Justice,
widow of Alfred Bunting Justice and daughter of the late Hugh and Hannah Hunt McIlvain. (Friends’
Intelligencer, July 21, 1894)
1900, March 22: 319 N. 33rd St.
was sold by Alfred R. Justice to Harris J. Chilton for $600 plus a mortgage of
$5,400. (Phila. Inquirer, March 26, 1900)
1900:
Mary M. Lewis 31 Widowed;
born in England; renting
E. A. Lewis 38 Sister;
born in
Elizabeth H. 69 Mother;
born in
Charles E. Crain 37 Clerk in a
printers; born in Il., father in N.Y., mother in
Kate L. Crain 38 Married
16 years, two children; born in England
Ethel C. Crain 15 Born in
IL.
Charles O. Crain 11 Born in IL.
Geo E Lewis 10 Nephew
(of which?)
(ED 539, 6A)
1905,
March 1: Death of Charles Cadwallader Sellers, 79
years old, of 3218 Baring St.
In
1900, he lived with his wife and two daughters at 434 N. 33rd
St.
1910:
Henry F. Sanville 37 Engineering;
born in N.Y., parents born in
Hannah S. Sanville 57 Mother;
widowed, 3 children; born in
Florence L. Sanville 33 Sister;
“own account;” born in N.Y., parents born in
Eric Sanville 16 Brother; born in N.Y., parents born in
-- Next household
Mary S.
Berry 41 High school teacher; single; born in
Mass., parents born in
Mary Evin Berry 73 Mother;
widowed, 2 children, 1 surviving; born in
–
Annie M.
Reed 28 [Occupation illegible]; married 28 years, 1 child; father
born in N.Y., mother in N.J.
–
Elizabeth
Thompson 44 Clerk; single; parents born in
–
Alice H.
Hill 62 Teacher; single; born in
–
Markin L. Crawford 62 Supervisor in a public school; single
–
Pauline
Niece 53 “Own account;” single; father born in
(ED 488, 9B)
1915, May 22:
Apartments - “Chilton Apartments, 3218 Baring St. Two 1st-class rooms, with private bath;
suitable dentist or doctor, or apartments.
Mrs. Belia McClain, mgr., Bell phone Preston
6367.”
(Evening Public Ledger.
(Philadelphia), May 22, 1915)
1965 Marriage
License: “The other [interracial] couple was babysitter Mary L. Anderson, 29,
of 3218 Baring st., and sexton Robert A. Murphy, also
29, of 3501 Hamilton st.” (“Marriage Licenses; Lady
Barber and Boat captain Mixed Couple,” Phila.
Tribune, Dec. 4, 1965.)
2009: owner: LaGioconda UC LLC
purchase date: 12/2006
apartments
Revised 3/30//2012