200 N. 36th
Street
The
History of the Building
“two-and-one-half
story. five-register. Second-Empire style brick house with main block slightly
advanced. First floor porch removed and circa 1950 Colonial front alterations.
Pierced bracketed wood cornice below slate-shingled mansard which has
decorative gabled dormer windows.”
(Inventory of
Buildings in Powelton from the application submitted to the national register of Historic
Places, 1985)
Previous Residents
1880:
James Goukler 45 Commercial
merchant
Mary
A. A. Goukler 42
James
M. Goukler 18
Democrat
Goukler 10
Henry
C. Goukler 7
Anna Gallagher 18 Servant;
father born in Ireland
Catharine Horn 48 Servant;
born in Ireland
August Simmons 19 Boarder;
apprentice cordier; parents born in Germany
1910:
Charles F. Mason
49 Seafood
business; born in Md.
Sarah Mason 41 Married 8 years, 2 children; born in Md.
Margaret
Mason 11
–
2nd household
Daniel Evans 26 Lodger; born in N.J.
May Evans 22 Lodger; married 4 years, no children; born in N.J.
1918, WWI
Registration: Benjamin Abraham [or Aaron] Lake, tailor, born May 15, 1883 [year
varies] in Russia
1920:
Benjamin A. Lake 35 Tailor;
born in Russia, immigrated in 1905; renting
Lena Lake 34 born in Russia, immigrated in 1906
Minnie Lake 11 Born in Philadelphia
Jacob Lake 9 Born
in Philadelphia
Dorothy Lake 3 yrs., 9 months Born in
Frederick Lake 1 yr., 11 months Born in
Blanche Christie
25 Lodger; organist [rest illegible]
Ford Sa 32 Lodger; waiter in restaurant; born in
1924, Feb. 15:
Benjamin Aaron [or Abraham] Lake became a U.S. citizen, born May 15, 1885 [year
varies]
1930:
Benjamin
Lake 44 Tailor; born in Rouse [?], Poland, parents born in Russia,
immigrated in 1904; Yiddish speaker; owner, house valued at $6,000
Lena
Lake 41 Born in Rouse [?], Poland, parents born
in Russia, immigrated in 1906; Yiddish speaker
Dorothy
Lake 14
Frederick
Lake 12
1940:
Benjamin
Lake 54 Tailor in a tailor shop, self-employed,
worked 70 hours in previous week, earned $2,000 in 1939; born in Russia; 3
years of schooling
Lena
Lake 52 Born in Russia; 3 years of schooling
Minnie
Lake 20 [sic.] Daughter; 4
years of high school
John
[Jacob] Lake 29 Clerk; married; 4 years of high school;
unemployed in 1939
Frederick
Lake 22 Manager at McGrover [?] & Co.;
single [?]; 4 years of high school; earned $1,250 for 50 weeks of work in 1939
Silly
Lake 29 Granddaughter [sic.]; single [?]; born
in Russia; 4 years of high school
[The most likely scenario is that
Jacob and Silly were married.]
1942, WWII
Registration: Benjamin A. Lake, born in Staradub,
Russia, May 15, 1886 [year varies].
1952, Nov. 12: Lena
Lake became a U.S. citizen. She was born
May 8, 1886
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