This house has its
entrance on
The
History of the Building
“stucco over brick Italianate house, paired
and triple arcuated windows, mansard roof on east tower wing, ogee -dormers.,
first floor polygonal bay on main section, first and second floor window alts,
enclosed porch to the west.”
(Inventory of
Buildings in Powelton from the application submitted to the National Register of Historic
Places, 1985)
Previous Residents of
1865 Directory
(Fall, 1864): A. B. Justice, hardware,
The
1861 Directory lists him at Bridge opposite 33rd (3300 Spring Garden St.) where they lived in 1860. The
1850 census lists them in the Northern Liberties section of Philadelphia.
1866, Apr. 22:
Marriage of Clara Cunningham Justice to Florence W. Grugan
She lived a few house away with her family at 319 N.
33rd. They previously lived at 3300
Spring Garden St.
1867 Directory: George Bancroft, machinist at
16th & Pennsylvania
1868 Directory: Mary S. Bancroft, widow of
Edward
In
1870, she lived across the street at 3300 Baring St.
1870: 3218
Baring St.
Samuel Dunsmoor 45 Clothing
manufacturer; personal property: $30,000
Martha E.
Dunsmoor 45
John McIlvain 30 Lumber
merchant; personal property: $5,000; [only in 1st enumeration}
Sally McIlvain 26 [Only
in 1st enumeration]
Mary Scull 60
Amelia Robinson 23
Samuel L. Smedley 37 Surveyor;
real estate: $45,000; property: $15,000
Herman Schastman 26 Civil
engineer; personal property: $1,500
John Gardiner 23 Assistant
surveyor
William Harlan about 22 Assistant surveyor; real
estate: $1,000, personal property: $1,000
Elle Huntsberger 15 Domestic
servant
John L. Kirk 31 Printer; personal property: $600; [only in 1st
enumeration]
William Harland 18 Assistant
surveyor; only in 1st enumeration
* There is a younger, 25, Samuel Dunsmoor
in enumeration 1: 4th Precinct p 160.
The 1866 IRS records show him living at
Haverford above 30th, 3rd house and claiming a piano and
a watch. The 1867 directory lists him as a cutter at 902 Market St. and living
at 3311 Haverford.
John
McIlvain, 3701 Lancaster, wholesale dealer
1870: 319 N.
33rd St.
Alfred Justice 53 Retired
hardware merchant; real estate: $15,000; property: $10,000.
Susan H. Justice 42
George M. Justice 15 In school
Alfred R. Justice 13 In school
Herbert
M. Justice 10 In
school
May F. Justice
6
Frank [Florence] Justice 4
Lydia McIlvain 50 (only in 2nd enumeration)
Mary E. Powell 7 In school; born in N.J.; (only in 1st enumeration)
Annie F. Gilmore 24 Domestic
servant; born in
Alfred
B. Justice’s first wife, Mary Sophia Fletcher, died in 1849. She was the sister
of George A. Fletcher (216 N. 34th St.). Alfred
and Mary had two children: Clara Cunningham Justice and Frank F. Justice. Clara
marred Florence W. Grugan. They lived a few houses
away at 311 N. 33rd St. Alfred married
Susan H. Justice (1828-1894) in 1853. She and Lydia McIlvain (1811-1876) were
the daughters of Hugh and Hannah Hunt McIlvain. They grew up near 34th
and Market St. and many members of their family remained in Powelton.
1872 Hopkins Atlas shows owner as Susan
Justice.
1877 Directory: George W. Elkins commercial
merchant at 125 N. Water St. & 132 N. Delaware Ave. living at 321 N. 33rd
St.
In
1874, George and Frances Elkins were living at 3214
Baring St. In 1880, they lived at 3410 Race St. He
was 42 and a commercial merchant. She was 36. In 1900, they lived at 3317 Baring St. and in 1910, they were boarders at 412 N. 34th St.
1880:
Alfred Justice 63 Hardware; he suffered from “paralysis”
Susan H. Justice 52
George M. Justice 25 Real estate
Alfred R. Justice 23 Hardware
Herbert Justice 20 Traveling
salesman
Florance M. Justice 16 Clerk;
[son]
Mary F. Justice 14
Mary Powell 17 Assistant
nurse; parents born in N.J.
Margret Kennedy 33 Servant; born
in
1886, Jan. 24: Death of Alfred B. Justice, 69 years old; uneral at
his late residence, 319 N. 33rd St.
1890 Directory: Nathan Sellers, 20 S Broad
William W. Wilcox
1890 Blue Book: Mr. & Mrs. Nathan Sellers,
Mrs. Susan H. Justice, Herbert M. Justice,
and Alfred R. Justice, 321 N. 33rd St.
1894, July 17: Death of Susan H. Justice,
widow of Alfred Bunting Justice and daughter of the late Hugh and Hannah Hunt
McIlvain. (Friends’ Intelligencer,
July 21, 1894)
1900, March 22: 319 N. 33rd St. was
sold by Alfred R. Justice to Harris J. Chilton for $600 plus a mortgage of
$5,400. (Phila. Inquirer, March 26,
1900)
1900:
Mary M. Lewis 31 Widowed
[sic.]; born in England; renting
E. A. Lewis 38 Sister;
born in
Elizabeth H. Lewis 69 Mother; widowed,
9 children, 8 surviving; born in England
Charles E. Crain 37 Clerk in a printers;
born in Il., father in N.Y., mother in
Kate L. Crain 38 Married
16 years, two children; born in England
Ethel C. Crain 15 Born in
IL.
Charles O. Crain 11 Born in IL.
George E. Lewis 23 Nephew [of
Kate Crain); born in Illinois, parents born in England
Elizabeth
was the widow of Francis Lewis. The 1892 directory lists her living at 3206
Spencer Terrace (Winter St.). In 1910, Elizabeth H., Mary, and Elizabeth A.
Lewis lived at 309 N. 33rd St. In 1920,
they lived at 3523 Hamilton St. They immigrated
in 1888.
Charles
E. Crain and Kate Lewis were married in 1884 in Evanston, Illinois. In 1920,
they lived in Oregon.
1905, March
1: Death of Charles Cadwallader Sellers, 79 years old, of 3218 Baring St.
In
1900, he lived with his wife and two daughters at 434 N.
33rd St.
1910:
Henry F. Sanville 37 Engineering; born in N.Y., parents born
in
Hannah S. Sanville 57 Mother; widowed, 3 children; born in
Florence L. Sanville 33 Sister; “own account;” born in N.Y.,
parents born in
Eric Sanville 16 Brother; born in N.Y., parents born in
-- Next household
Mary S.
Berry 41 High school teacher; single; born in
Mass., parents born in
Mary Evin Berry 73 Mother; widowed, 2 children, 1
surviving; born in
–
Annie M.
Reed 28 Keeper of apartment house; married 28 years, 1 child; father
born in N.Y., mother in N.J.
–
Elizabeth
Thompson 44 Clerk; single; parents born in
–
Alice H.
Hill 62 Teacher; single; born in
–
Markin L.
Crawford 62 Supervisor in a public school; single
–
Pauline
Niece 53 “Own account;” single; father born in
1915, May 22:
Apartments - “Chilton Apartments, 3218 Baring St. Two 1st-class rooms, with
private bath; suitable dentist or doctor, or apartments. Mrs. Belia McClain,
mgr., Bell phone Preston 6367.”
(Evening Public Ledger.
(Philadelphia), May 22, 1915)
1965 Marriage
License: “The other [interracial] couple was babysitter Mary L. Anderson, 29,
of 3218 Baring st., and sexton Robert A. Murphy, also 29, of 3501 Hamilton st.”
(“Marriage Licenses; Lady Barber and Boat captain Mixed Couple,” Phila. Tribune, Dec. 4, 1965.)
2009: owner: LaGioconda UC LLC
purchase date: 12/2006
apartments
Revised
5/28/2021