110-122 N. 34th St., Philadelphia

110-120 N. 34^th Street

“two-and-one-half story Second Empire-style mansarded double with smooth cut ashlar facade on brick construction. Original wood porch with carved millwork and scroll-shaped brackets intact. First floor has projecting bays; second floor has six registers with smooth limestone segmental lintels. Four wood pedimented dormers with brackets across slate-shingled mansard. Double bracketed wood cornice below mansard.”

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

110 N. 34^th St. Previous Residents

110-112: “two-and-one-half story Second Empire style mansarded double with smooth cut ashlar facade on brick construction. Original wood porch with carved millwork and scroll-shaped brackets intact. First floor has projecting bays; second floor has six registers with smooth limestone segmental lintels. Four wood pedimented dormers with brackets across slate-shingled mansard. Double bracketed wood cornice below mansard. -- Contributing.”

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

1880:

Henry Z. Ziegler 43 Shoe manufacturer; parents born in Prussia

Elizabeth Ziegler 41 Born in England

Anna B. Ziegler 16 At school

Bessie Ziegler 14 At school

Ida V. Ziegler 12 At school

Bridget Lyons 22 Servant; born in Ireland

1890 Dir.: Henry Z. Ziegler of Ziegler Bros. & vice-president, West Phila. Title Trust Co

1900:

Henry Z. Ziegler 63 President of a trust co.; parents born in Germany; owner, free of a mortgage

Elizabeth A. Ziegler 61 Married 31 years, 3 children

Eliza Brooks 50 Servant; black; married 28 years, no children; born in VA

Jackline Naylor 28 Servant; black; single; born in MD

1906 Blue Book: Mr. & Mrs. Henry Z. Ziegler “Receiving day Wednesday”

Mrs. E. Lamar Richards

112 N. 34^th St. Previous Residents

1880 Directory: Tripler W. Charles, J. H. Michener & Co.,

Child Susan L., widow of Ezekiel

1880:

William C. Tripler 53 Wholesale provisioner

Elizabeth Tripler 41

William Tripler 19 At school

Susan Child 79 Mother

Catharine Guillay 48 Servant; born in Ireland

Margaret Parrel 45 Servant; born in Ireland

1900:

Charles L. Mitchell 47 Physician; owner, free of a mortgage

C. L. Mitchell 45 Wife; married 23 years, 1 child; father born in Germany

Walter M. Mitchell 20

Lelia Daniel 35 Servant; black; single; born in VA

1906 Blue Book: Dr. & Mrs. Charles L. Mitchell

Walter M. Mitchell

114 N. 34^th St.

“two-and-one-half story Second Empire style house with side hall door. Smooth-cut ashlar facade over brick construction. Bracketed cornice at first floor and below slate-shingled mansard which has incised detail in its two wood bracketed dormers. First-floor has been sided with aluminum be low paired windows”

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

Previous Residents

1880:

Martha Dunsmore 56

Amelia Robinson 33

Mary Scull 70

Samuel Smedley 48 Boarder; Single; Civil Engineer

John J. Degoyler 49 Boarder; mechanical supt.; born in NY

Minnie Degoyler 40 Born in NY

Edward Brown 46 Solicitor of patents; born in England

Harvey Walker 23 Wagon builder; born in Ireland

Kate Hagerty 40 Servant

In 1881 on Edward Brown lived at 3617 Powelton Ave.

1890 Dir.: Rev. William J. Mann

1900:

Susan A. Foster 59 Widowed, 6 children, 5 surviving; owner, free of a mortgage

Frank B. Foster 26 Paper salesman

Marion Foster 24

Frederick K. Foster 22 Insurance clerk

Nora Lyons 27 Servant; single; born in Ireland

Ella Kelleher 22 Servant; single; born in Ireland

2016: Replace along with 118 with the Raymond G. Perelman Center for Jewish Life, Drexel Hillel

118 N. 34^th St.

This house was torn down.

“Circa 1875, two-story house, which originally had a mansard roof, has been rough-casted white and stripped of any porch and cornice detail. Its twentieth century alterations reduced window size. The building still has its quoins and arched doorways.”

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

Previous Residents

1880:

Theodore Wittberger 75 Gentleman

Sarah D. Wittberger 63 Mother born in Ohio

Julia Wittberger 77

Alice J. Wittberger 36

Mary A. Wittberger 26

Elizabeth Colladay 40 Daughter

Samuel R. Colladay 11 Grandson

1884 Medical Dir.: Wilmer R. Batt Univ. of Penna., 1884

1889 Directory: William Tate, bookkeeper

1890 Directory: Samuel L. Smedley, chief of Bureau Surveys, City Hall, & treasurer at 904 Walnut

In1880, he lived next door at 114.

Harry Corrie, bookkeeper

Martha E. Dunsmoor, widow of Samuel

In 1870, they lived at 3208 Baring St.

Richard Jackson, clerk (also listed at 3319 Powelton Ave.)

Alexander G. Rutherford, supt. at 1802 Filbert St.

The 1898 Blue Book listed him at 412 N. 34^th St.

Charles H. Wernle, book printer

2016: Replace along with 116 with the Raymond G. Perelman Center for Jewish Life, Drexel Hillel

120 N. 34^th St.

Aka 3400 Race St.

“Second Empire style two-and-one-half story stone house with red slate shingled mansard. Original porch has been removed and replaced by twentieth century concrete porch with first-floor projecting bay. Second-floor fenestration, scroll-shaped bracketed cornice and dormers are original.”

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

1873, Apr. 19: Title transferred to Thomas Seabrook by John Shedwick

Previous Residents

1875 Directory: Seabrook Thomas, civil engineer, N. 34^th corner of Race

1878 Directory: Seabrook Thomas, civil engineer, N. 34^th corner of Race

The 1880 directory lists him living at 3908 Baltimore Ave. He worked at N. 17^th St. corner of Jones. The census lists him as 60 years-old living with his wife, Sallie (57), and four daughters aged 14-30, and a servant.

1880:

Joseph Allison 60 Judge; parents born in Ireland

Margret H. Allison 56 Born in NJ

William Allison 25 Law student

Mary Mc Mullin 35 Servant; born in Ireland

Annie Mc Mullin 33 Servant; born in Ireland

Joseph Allison married Margaretta (Margaret) Cook Perrine on May 10, 1843. In 1870, they lived with her parents at 4207 Walnut St. At that census, he reported real estate valued at $20,000 and personal property worth $500. The 1879 directory lists him still living at 4207 Walnut St.

“Joseph Allison, born August 31, 1819; named for his uncle. He studied law in Harrisburg, Penn.; admitted to the bar of Dauphin county in 1813; elected solicitor of Spring Garden in 1846, and held the office many years, till he was elected an associate law judge of the court of common pleas of the first judicial district of Pennsylvania. In 1865 he succeeded to the presidency of the court, and has to the present [1892] held that position—a period of forty years. Has been five times elected, the last two times without opposition, receiving at the last election 145,000 votes with none against him. He married in 1843, and has a family. Residence Philadelphia, Penn.”

(History of the Alison, or Allison family in Europe and America.... Leonard Allison Morrison, 1893)