202 N. 34th
Street
The
History of the Building
200-206 N. 34th St.: Both these buildings are three-story,
four-bay red brick doubles. Horizontal bands of pressed brick ornament the
building. Stepped bricks advance outward towards the flat roof line giving the
appearance. of a slightly flared upper story. The houses have original wood
porches. 204-06 has some altered posts, altered balustrades and roughcasted base.
(Inventory of
Buildings in Powelton from the application submitted to the national register of Historic
Places)
1969: The houses on the west side of the 200 block of 34th St. were saved from condemnation and demolition by an agreement between the Powelton Village Homeowners Association and the Philadelphia Redevelopment Authority. (see Powelton Quarterly, vol 1(1); pp 1 &3.)
Previous Residents of 202
N. 34th Street
1878 Atlas
shows the owner of 200-210 as Henry D. Justi.
Henry
D. and Elizabeth Justi lived at 3401 Baring St.
1890 Directory: Emanuel Stein, president,
Washington Ave. corner of S 21st, & sec, 1016 Filbert, h 202 N 34th
Edward Stein
1890-‘91 Blue Book: Mr. & Mrs. Edward S. Stein
1892,
March: Deed transferred from Henry M. & Elizabeth (wife) Justi to Charles & Anne (wife) Thomas.
Charles Thomas was a clergyman born
in Maryland. In 1880, they lived with her mother, Ann Grier (widow of Matthew
Grier) at 1606 Wallace St. Thomas’s niece, Annie Kollock.
(see 1900 and 1910 below), also lived with them.
1896, Apr. 29: Death of Charles F. Thomas, 55 years
He
was "connected with the Presbyterian Presbytery… Services were held at the Princeton
Presbyterian Church of which deceased was latterly a member.” (Inquirer, Mar 3)
1900:
Annie P. Thomas 65 Widowed,
no children; father born in Ireland; renting
Annie P. Kollock 30 Niece
Ada Day 20 Chambermaid; father born in Md.
Lucinda Roundtree
17 Cook;
born in NC
Elizabeth B.
Kramer 77 Boarder; widowed, no children; born in Ohio, parents in Va.
Joseph H.
Hutchinson 21 At school; born in
Ohio, father in Ohio, mother in Va.
Mary D.
Hutchinson 22 At school; born in Va., father in Ohio, mother in Va.
Matilda H. Turner 28 Boarder;
born in Il., father in Il., mother in Ohio
Clara A. Fletcher 70 Boarder;
widowed, one child; born in Mass, father in NH, mother in Mass
James P. Forsythe 21 At
school; father born in West Indies
Anna R. Richter 42 School
teacher; born in Md., parents in Germany
James P. Forsyth married Harriet Z.
Gilmore in August 1903 in Concord, N.H. (Annual
report of the receipts and expenditures, Concord, N.H., 1904) He was still
a student. He was the son of James M. and Mary J. (Perkins) Forsyth. His father
was born in the Bahamas and was a Rear Admiral in the Navy. In the late 1880s,
he was stationed at the Naval Home in Philadelphia. She was a teaching living
in Concord with her parents, Charles L. and Marie
Ellen (Powers) Gilmore. He was a broker. In 1910, James and “Hattie” were
living in Concord, N.H. with her mother. James listed his occupation as “own
income.”
1903, July 1: Marriage of Bessie E. Sclight to Joseph H. Hutchinson
1906 Blue Book: Mrs. Charles F. Thomas
Miss Annie P. Kollock
1910:
Anne P. Thomas 75
Anna P. Kollock 42 Niece;
father born in N.J.
Elizabeth B. Kramer 87 Boarder;
born in Ohio, parents in Va.; own income
Matilda H. Turner 40 Boarder;
landscape artist working in black and white; born in Il., father in Il, mother
in Ohio
1918 Directory: Annie P. Thomas, widow of
Charles F.
1918, November: Deed transferred from Annie P.
Kollock to Amelia R. Justi.
Amelia Justi
was the daughter of the original owners of the house, Henry D.
and Elizabeth Justi. In 1920, she was living with her
parents and a sister at 3401 Baring
St.
1919,
December: Deed transferred from Amelia R. Justi to
Isabel P. Davis.
1920: house not included in census. The census was run in
January. The Davis sister may not have moved in yet.
1930:
Elizabeth Davis 66 Father born
in England, mother in N. Ireland; owner, house valued at $13,000
Isabelle P. Davis 62 Sister;
father born in England, mother in N. Ireland
Margaret Davis 60 Sister; father born in England, mother
in N. Ireland
Harry McCormick 35
Lodger; clerk for steam railroad
The
Davis sisters were the daughters of Henry E. Davis and Eliza Pollack.
1940:
Elizabeth J. Davis 79 Two years of
high school; owner, house valued at $4,000
Isabelle P. Davis 76 Sister; 8 years
of schooling
Margaret Davis 41 Sister; 4
years of high school
1941, July 7: Death of Isabelle P. Davis, 76
years old
1952, July 16: Death of Margaret P. Davis,
about 89 years old
1953,
June: Deed transferred from Margaret Davis Estate to Elizabeth J. Davis.
1956, Nov. 12: Death of Elizabeth J. Davis, 97
years old, of 202 N. 34th St. She died at a nursing home in Yeadon, Pa.
2009: Home of the Drexel chapter of ΔΖ, Delta Zeta, fraternity
8/6/2022