The History of the Building
3616-18:
“Circa 1870,
three-story Italianate double, stuccoed.
Shallow-gabled roof over 3616; 3618 has a flat roof. Double bracketed cornice;
first-floor projecting bays…. 3618 has
circa 1920 enclosed tan brick colonial porch.”
(Inventory of Buildings in Powelton from the application submitted to the
National Register of Historic Places, 1985)
Previous Residents of 3618 Hamilton Street
1870:
1st
Enumeration, June
Mary K. Wolfe 64 Real
estate: $40,000, personal: $1,000
Joseph R. Wolfe 45 Retired
merchant
Emily Wolfe 28
Fanny Wolfe 25
Margaret Wade 30 Domestic
servant; born in
Catherine Wade 35 Domestic
servant; born in Ireland
(ED 77, 15)
2nd
enumeration, November, 187
Samuel Smith 40-44
Hannah
Smith 40-44
Ellen Smith 10-14
Derby Smith 10-14
Rosalee Smith
10-14
Anna Smith abt 5
Hare Smith 1
(ED 77, 20)
Note the 2nd enumeration
does not give exact ages.
1880:
Harry P.
Atkinson 43 Dry goods; born
in N.J.
Sallie Atkinson
41
Walter W.
Atkinson 21 Hardware business
Louis B.
Atkinson 19
Samuel H.
Atkinson 16
Florence
Atkinson 13
(ED 487, 23)
In 1870, they lived at 3521
Hamilton St.
1881 Directory: Harry P. Atkinson, salesman
1890 Dir.: Holloway, George K., 109 Del Av. market,
h 3618 Hamilton
Holloway, George S.
In 1889, they lived next door at 3620
Hamilton St.
1900:
George K
Holloway 62 Commission merchant;
owner with a mortgage
Julia A
Holloway 57 Married 33 years, 3 children, 2 surviving
V Allen
Holloway 24 Dentist
Nancy Saunders 24
Servant; black; married 3
years, 1 child; born in W.V.
(ED 543, 9A)
1910:
Emma Southgate 58 Widowed, one child; born in
Eva Southgate 34 Daughter;
single; born in
Samuel Zacharias 70 Boarder; superintendent
of a trust com.; widowed
(ED 492, 4A)
1915, January 24: “Samuel M. Zacharias, 74 years old, who died
Sunday night at his home, 3618 Hamilton street, was for 30 years superintendent
of vaults of the Guarantee Trust and Safe Deposit Company. Mr. Zacharias was born in Lingletown,
Dauphin County, and was graduated from the Philadelphia College of Pharmacy in
1863. That year he joined the Union Army, serving in the Sixth Pennsylvania
Volunteer Cavalry. Following this he
entered the grain business with his father, and later was appointed Deputy
Collector of Internal Revenue for Juanita, Mifflin and Snyder Counties.” (Evening Public Ledger, Jan. 26, 1915)
1920:
Emma Southgate 60 Born in
Eva G. Southgate 38 Daughter;
single; born in
(ED 686, 4B)
1930:
Elizabeth Southgate 72 Widowed;
owner, house valued at $6,000; born in Pa., parents born in England
Mary
J. Southgate 50 Born in Pa.
(ED 398, 8A)
The census lists them at 3616, but
this is unlikely. This raises questions
about the other information listed here.
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Revised
3/30/2012