3504 Hamilton Street

“three-story Italianate house, stuccoed. Flat roof with bracketed overhang. Victorian wood porch.”

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

History

1860: Hamilton above 35^th

William R. Dutton 29 Bookkeeper; born in N.Y.; personal: $1,000

Sarah H 27

Mary H 6

Anna 2

Horace Hill 27 Clerk

Mary 24

Hor[ace?] G 1

Sam Smedley 27 Surveyor; real estate: $5,000, personal; $1,000

William Carlisle 21 Surveyor

L.E. Waln 24 Servant (female); born in Ireland

(Ward 24, Precinct 7, p 91, image 5)

1861 Directory: William Dutton and Horace Hill, Hamilton above 35^th.

The 1866 Directory lists him at In 1870, he was living at 4308 Paul St., Frankfort and working as an accountant. The 1870 census lists them at 4757 Penn St. (Frankfort?) where he was listed as a bank teller.

Horace Hill, clerk at Philadelphia Bank, Hamilton above 35^th.

1870:

Saloma Rockhill 60 owner

Mary C. Rockhill 20

Sallie Mitchel 35

Kate Hartman 20

Mary J. Hoopes 60

1878 map shows S. W. Rockhill.

1880:

Mary Baxter 48

Henry Baxter 27 Son; clerk

Thomas Baxter 24 Son; clerk

George Baxter 22 Son; clerk

William Brown 36 Servant

Willie Brown 10 Servant

(ED 487, 24)

1890 Directory: Julia S. Brinton, widow of Charles Brinton

Caleb M. Brinton

William W. Woodruff, W.W. Woodruff & Co. Printers (35 N. 7^th St.)

1900:

Albert Franklin Ulmer 59 born in Maine

Cornelia A. Ulmer 52 born in Pennsylvania

Florence A. Ulmer 27 born in Maine

A. Frank Ulmer, Jr. 24 born in New Jersey, a clerk to his father

Mamie Chives 24 Servant; black; born in Virginia

Charles Chives 22 Servant; black; born in Virginia

John Richards 23 Servant; black; born in Virginia

(ED 543, 11B)

In 1880, they were living at 618 N. 39^th St. He was a sea captain.

In 1890, they lived at 3810 Hamilton St.

In 1910, Cornelia was widowed and living at 3501 Powelton Ave.

Civil War Service: Albert F Ulmer; Rank Information: Mate, Acting Ensign, Honorably discharged

Service Dates: 17 Jan 1863, 7 Aug 1866 Military Branch: US Navy Officers (1798-1900)

“Albert Franklin Ulmer, Jr.,: Member of the Pennsylvania Commandery of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion; eldest son of Companion Acting Ensign Albert F. Ulmer. Elected Oct. 20. 1897. Address, care of Recorder of Loyal Legion, 1535 Chestnut St.. Philadelphia. Pa.”

(Who's who in Pennsylvania By Lewis Randolph Hamersly. Published by L. R. Hamersly Co., 1904)

Father, son and probably rest of family are buried in West Laurel Hill Cemetery

1910:

John W. Klemm 36 Artist

Mary Klemm 28

Abraham Tobin (or John) 45 Servant

Catherine Mahley 23 Servant

- In 1880, he lived with his parents, John and Mary Klemm, at 1427 Girard. Their business partner, Samuel Sheble, lived next door at 1429 Girard.

- In 1900, he lived with his parents at 3619 Baring St. He listed his occupation as “agricultural imports.”

- By 1930, they lived in Radner.

Sheble, Samuel, Owner; Samuel Sheble and John Klemm, Partners

Facility: Fairmount Fork Works, Sheble and Fisher

Products Made Forks [for agriculture]

Products Made Agricultural Tools

Address Ashland St (SE corner; Frankford Creek), Frankford

(Hexamer General Surveys, Volume 20, Ernest Hexamer, Map Collection, Free Library of Philadelphia, Image Title Plate 1947 Image File(s) HGSv20.1947.ecw )

They apparently made forks for shoveling coal and coke

(Railway Purchasing Agent's Directory The Railway Equipment & Finance Co. (inc.), 1900)

The Louis and Selina J. Magaziner Family

c1920 ~ c1956

“Magaziner, Mr. And Mrs., 3504 Hamilton St.”

(Annual. By Rodeph Sholom Congregation (Philadelphia, Pa.))

Louis Magaziner 41 born in Hungary, he migrated in 1887 and was naturalized in 1899, architect

Selina J[onas] Magaziner 33 her parents were from Germany

Henry J. Magaziner 8

Leni L. Magaziner 5

Richard H. Magaziner 18 months

Freda Jonas 62 Selina’s aunt; never married; born in Rhenish Prussia

Monika Bruckner 30 Servant; born in Brandenburg, Germany

The Athenaeum has a collection of “500 original architectural drawings documenting eighteen motion-picture theaters that Louis Magaziner (1878-1956) and his partners designed between 1911 and 1950, including the Uptown, Ogontz, Arcadia and Midway.”

He, Louis Kahn and Henry Klumb developed plans for a prefabricated house in 1937, but it was never built.

“Louis Magaziner was born on March 7, 1877. He attended Philadelphia's magnet school, Central High School, and later earned a degree in architecture from the University of Pennsylvania. He appears to be the first of the Magaziners to attend college. At Penn, Louis was a classmate and friend of Julian Abele, the first black architect to graduate from that University. Louis was the only Jew in the program at the time, and their shared status as disparaged minorities in the predominantly wealthy WASP program was the beginning of a lifelong friendship.

“Louis designed a wide variety of buildings, including hospitals such as Mt. Sinai Hospital, movie palaces such as the Uptown and the Midway, and college buildings such as the Hillel at Pennsylvania State University. Louis performed design work on the store and warehouse for the Markovitz Bros. department store, a business owned in part by Sadie's husband. Louis's biography and further pictures can be found on the Philadelphia Architects and Buildings website.

“On October 26, 1910, Louis married Selma Jonas, an American-born daughter of German immigrants. They had three children: architect Henry Jonas Magaziner, who went into business with his father; Lena Louise Magaziner; and Richard Herman Magaziner.

“Louis died on May 19, 1956 at the age of 78, after a long battle with cancer.” (http://www.magazinertree.com/louis.html)

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