3416 Powelton Avenue

 

 

The History of the Building

 

3404-3418: Ò'Circa 1875, two-and-one-half story mansarded Victorian double houses; smooth cut ashlar' granite facades over brick construction. Full-height first floor windows except on 3412 where they are partially filled in; arched doorways with incised rownstone lintels and surrounds. Second floor windows have incised brownstone lintels and sills; double bracketed wood [cornice. Most of the mansarded roofs have their original slate shingles. Four gabled dormers with batten-and- board faces project from the mansards, except for 3412, which has only three, with scalloped red clay shingles. Pent roofs added.Ó

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

 

Previous Residents

 

1878 Scott Atlas shows double lot owned by Helen A. Matthews

 

1880:

Charles B. Grant          28        Wholesale lumber

Hellen  Grant               32

Henry  Grant               7 months

Jane Story                    50        Servant; born in Ireland

(ED 483, 19-20)

            Note: CharlesÕs brother, George M. Grant, lived next door at 3418 Powelton Ave.

 

1887 Directory: Crowell, Elisha, clerk

 

1890 Directory: Elisha, Crowell, Clerk

                          James M. Crowell, Rev. & V. Pres.

 

1898 Blue Book: Mr. & Mrs. John b. Creagh

                           The Misses Creagh

 

1900:

John B. Creagh                        52        Cigar manufacturer; born in Cuba, Dec. 1847; owns free of mortgage

Catherine H(?) Creagh 47        Married 27 years, 3 children; parents born in Ireland

Carmila Creagh            24        born Oct.1875

Elena C. Creagh          20        born June, 1879

Mercedes Creagh         15        born Oct. 1884

Marg J. Gould              37        Servant; black; born in N.C., June, 1862

 

1910:

John B Creagh             61        Manager in paints and oils industry; born in Cuba (Spanish); owns free of mortgage

Eleona C Creagh         27

Maria M Creagh           43

Victorine R Davis        43        Boarder; saleslady in department store; married at 21, four children

Eliza A Robbins          44        Housework for private family; born in Md.

(ED 533, p 1a)

 

1917: George M. Heinitsh. Grad. Of Cornell U. 1915 C. E. Maintenance of way department of PA. Railroad. Cornell Alumni News.)

 

1920: Univ. of Pennsylvania, School of Medicine

Third Year Class                                  Home Town

Cooper, David Alexander, B.S.           Henderson, N.C.

Folsom, Theodore Winslow                Florence, Ala.

Hunter, Harry Grimmett, A.B.                        Hendersonville, N.C.

 

Fourth Years Class

Johnson, George, B.S. (N.C.)              Wallace, N.C.

Lyday, Russell Osborne                       Brevard, N.C.

            In 1930, Lyday was living in Greensboro, Guilford, N. C.  He was single, a Surgeon and 36 years old.

(Catalogue of the University of Pennsylvania. 1920.)

 

1930:

Elizabeth D Hilton      64        Rents, $100/mon.; father born in Ireland

Madeleine J Hilton      35        Daughter-in-law; parents born in England; married at age 31

Robert L Hilton           35        Son; pressman in publishing; married at age 31

Victor Sanderson         68        Lodger; steel worker; born in Sweden; immigrated in 1878

Frank H Lytle              76        Lodger; no occupation

Harry C Lytle               71        Lodger; salesman for a printing house

(ED 397, p 4A)

 

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