104 N. 35th
Street
100,
102, 104: “three three-story brick rowhouses. All second and third floor
windows have slightly arched windows and all cornices have elaborately
carvedscro11s. 102 and 104 have decorative soffit and fascia.”
(Inventory of
Buildings in Powelton from the application submitted to the National Register of Historic
Places, 1985)
Previous Residents
1870, 2nd enumeration:
Charles Rogers 30-34
Mary Rogers 20-24
Ralph Rogers
1
The 1870 census was so incomplete
that it was repeated in Nov., 1870. This second enumeration only included names
and approximate ages.
1875 Directory: James Elder, clerk
1877 Directory: James F. Elder, inspector
He later moved to 3629 Powelton Ave.
1878 Directory: William C. Thompson, livery 3528 Lancaster
1880 Directory: Abraham
D. Mosteller, clerk
Frederick W. Mosteller, lumber counter at 500
N. Delaware Ave.
John Wilson, engineer
1880:
F. W. Mosteller 45 Carpenter
Emma Mosteller 42
Abraham D.
Mosteller 24 Works on farm
Ida A. Mosteller 23
Mary E. Mosteller
21
John H. Mosteller
19 Works
in tobacco store
1882 Directory: Frederick W. Mosteller, lumber counter at
Delaware Ave. near N. Noblr
John H. Mosteller, clerk
1890 Directory: Benjamin F. Massey
Harry R. Massey
John P. Massey
John P. Massey of Westchester, Pa.
married Rachel G. Kirkpatrick in Philadelphia on Aug. 21, 1854 at the Eleventh
Street Methodist Episcopal Church. In 1870, they lived in West Goshen, Chester
Co., Pa. where he was a farmer with real estate valued at $2,900 and personal
property of $1,000. In 1880, they lived at 3232 Lancaster Ave. with their six
surviving children. John was a railroad engineer.
1898 Directory: E. Arthur Massey, leverman
Ida V. Massey, nurse
John P. Massey, printer
1899, Aug. 16: Death of John P. Massey, 67 years old, burial at
Mt. Moriah Cemetery
1900:
Rachel J. Massey 64 Married
46 years, 7 children, 6 surviving; renting
Ida V. Massey 44 Trained
nurse; born in Indiana
Eugene Arthur
Massey 42 Leverman for railroad; widowed
B. Franklin
Massey 38 Clerk for Pennsylvania Railroad
Willamina Massey 21 Dress
maker; born in Ohio
The 1880 census shows them living at
3232 Lancaster Ave. Eugene had a wife, Isabella (30, 8 years his senior), and a
daughter (1 year).
1910:
Maurice G. Massey 38 Auger
maker for railroad; renting
Harriet Massey 34 Married
20 years, 7 children
Elsie Massey 18 Dress maker
Walter
Massey 16 Apprentice
Roy Massey 14
Norman Massey 11
Ida Massey 8
Margaret Massey 3
Harriet Massey 9 months
Margaret Taylor 57 Mother-in-law;
widowed, 2 children, 1 surviving; wool worker; born in Mass.
In 1920, Maurice was widowed. He
lived at 869 N. 40th St. with his seven children. His sons Roy and Norman
and his daughter Elsie were married but did not have children yet.
Revised 8/13/2022