
The
History of the Building
3620-22: ÒCirca
1870, two-and-one-half story, Second Empire-style double house, cruciform plan,
with side porches and entrances in cross
arms. First-floor projecting~ bays; double-bracket cornice; asphalt-shingled
mansard with two dormers; stone facade over
brickÓ
(Inventory of Buildings in Powelton from the application submitted to the National
Register of Historic Places, 1985)
1870:
George Hammel 35 Wholesale
liquor merchant; his mother was born abroad; property: $2,500
Cordelia M. 25
Blanch 2
George 3
mons.,
born in June, 1870
Henrietta Young 19 Domestic
servant; born in
Clara 16 Domestic
servant; born in
(1st
Enumeration: pp 14; 2nd Enumeration: p 29)
1880:
W. Porter Ogelsby 35 Plumber
Margaret T. Ogelsby 32 Father
born in
Edith A. Ogelsby 7
W. Porter Ogelsby 5
Mabel M. Ogelsby 3
Hannah Dorsey 30 Servant;
black; born in
Caroline Jones 15 Servant;
black; born in
Jonah Ogelsby
89 Father;
father born in
(ED 487, 16)
1881
Directory: Jonathan Ogelsby
1887
Directory:
1890 Census Veterans Schedule: Washington P. Ogelsby, hospital steward,
Aug., 1862 to Aug., 1864. ( image 1692)
201st
PA Regiment Officers (http://www.pacivilwar.com/cwpa201officers.html)
ÒWashington
P. Oglesby, 127 HQ, Hospital Steward, Promoted from Private of Company B on
August 26, 1862 - mustered out with company on May 29, 1863.Ó
(http://cairo.pop.psu.edu/cw/unit2.cfm?regiment=127&company=HQ)
Ò
1894:
William Porter Ogelsby. Freshman,
Science and Technology. (Catalogue of
1900:
W Porter Ogelsby 56 Plumbing
and gas fitting; owner with a mortgage
Margaret F Ogelsby 52 Married
29 years, 3 children
Edith A Ogelsby 27
William P Ogelsby 25 Plumbing
and gas fitting
Mabel M Ogelsby 23
Catherine McCullough 25 Servant
(ED 543, 8A)
In
1910, William lived with his wife and two children in Nether Providence,
Delaware Co.,
1902: William Porter Ogelsby, Jr. (Plumbing) Member of Psi Upsilon. (General
Catalogue of Psi Upsilon)
The 1917 Psi
Upsilon Catalogue lists his as a plumber living at
1910:
William H Petzelt 52 Carriage
manufacturer; parents born in
Marie H Petzelt 42 Married
24 years, one child; born in
Helen V Petzelt 21 Daughter;
single
Ñ 2nd household
Walter Griscom 62 Lodger;
widowed; born in N.J., father born in
(ED 492, 5B)
1920:
William H Petzelt 65 Auto
body builder; father born in
Mary A Petzelt 51 Singer
in a church choir; parents born in Nassau OC (spoke German)
Helen N Petzelt
31 Piano
instrumentalist; mother born in
(ED 686, 5A)
1927 Directory: W. H. Petzell
1950
Directory: Dealy, Helen P
Gnup, Edward T
Ð (he later lived in
Grilli, Liborio
A
Leary, Robert E.
Stavroff,
Catherine
2009: owner: Vaughn J. Cook
purchase date: 10/1986