Numbered 346 until after 1880 Census
Its twin is now
numbered
The
History of the Building
416 N.
32nd & 3200 Hamilton: “three-story stuccoed Italianate
style buildings with front Victorian wood porches and side entrances.
Combination shallow pitched and flat roof lines; various combinations of
arcuated windows. 3200
(Inventory of
Buildings in Powelton from the application submitted to the National Register of Historic
Places, 1985)
Previous Residents
1861
Directory: Charles H. Meyer, bookkeeper, 238 Chestnut, h 32nd &
Hamilton
Charles R. Meya
[sic.], bookkeeper, h corner of 32nd & Hamilton
The
1858 directory lists Charles H. Meyer living at 312 N. 19th St.
1866
Directory: Charles H. Meyer, clerk, 238 Chestnut, h 32nd &
Hamilton
Charles Meyer, bookkeeper, 238 Chestnut, h 32nd
& Hamilton
1866,
March: Deed transferred from Sam[?] W. Hoffman to Caroline S. Meyer.
1870: 346 N. 32nd
Charles H. Meyer 44 Wholesale dry
goods; born in
Caroline S. Meyer 40 Born in
Mary S. Meyer 12
Henry Meyer 11 [Only
in second enumeration]
Caroline S. Meyer 9
Cassy Byer 12 Domestic servant; born in
Arthur Brossmann 19 Clerk
in a dry goods store; born in Prussia
Arthur Brossmann
immigrated in 1867. He was born in Schleiz,
Saale-Orla-Kreis, Thueringen, Germany in 1851.
1878 Directory: Arthur Brossmann,
bookkeeper at 223 Chestnut
Henry L. Meyer, clerk at 223 Chestnut St.
1878-‘91 Directories: Charles H. Meyer of Charles H. Meyer & Co.
& Meyer & Dickinson, foreign exchange (Charles H. Myer & Frederick Delvigne) at 227 Chestnut St., & German consul, 227
Chestnut St.
1880:
Charles Myer 54 Dry goods; born in Prussia
Caroline
Myer 52 Born in Prussia
Caroline
Myer 19
Arthur Brossmann 20 Salesman; parents born in Prussia
Elizabeth Congdon 55 Widowed
1883 Directory: Henry L. Meyer, salesman
1891, September: Deed transferred from Henry L. and Ida Meyer to
John C. and Caroline S. Boyd.
The 1891 directory lists John C.
Boyd living at 3408 Hamilton St.
1900:
G. [sic.] G.
Morrow 43 Insurance adjuster; renting
Edith A. Morrow 34 Married
15 years, 2 children, 1 surviving; born in R.I., father born in
Allen Morrow 9
Marion A. Allen 61 Mother-in-law;
born in
Margaret S. Allen
24 Sister-in-law;
born in
Lizzie E. Elder 37 Servant,
housekeeper; married 7 years, 1 child; father born in Germany
The 1901 directory lists his as a
solicitor living at 441 N. 32nd St. In 1910, they lived in Oakland,
California. Horace G. Morrow was a real estate investor. His brother, James B.
Morrow, lived with them.
1901, July: Deed transferred from John C. and Caroline S. Boyd to
Mary B. Ruff.
1903 Directory: Augustus A. Ruff, contractor
1910:
Albert V. Finley 50 Grocery
salesman; owner, free of a mortgage
Lydia Finley 38 Married 18 years, 3 children; born in England
William J. Finley
17 Jewelry salesman
Albert G. Finley 15
Florence Finley 13
Martin J. Summers
28 Boarder;
painter at Land Title Building; born in England
Albert Finley was the son of John
Finley of Norristown, Pa. Albert and his family lived there in 1900. In 1880,
Albert and his father were listed as “truckers.”
1918 Directory: Albert G. Finley, student
Albert V. Finley commercial merchant
William J. Finley structural engineer
1918, May: Sergeant First-Class Albert George Finley of the Army
Medical Department was honorably discharged to allow him to accept a commission
from the Sanitary Corp. He was honorably discharged from the Sanitary Corp. at
Ft. Dix, N.J. in September, 1919.
1920:
Albert V. Finley 59 Produce
salesman; owner, free of a mortgage
Lydia D. Finley 47 Born
in England, immigrated in 1888
William J. Finley
27 Structural engineer
Albert G. Finley 25
Florence Finley 22 Secretary
at employment agency
Albert V. Finley died at St.
Joseph’s Hospital, Philadelphia in 1928. At that time, William was living in
Mechanicsburg, Pa. In 1930, Lydia was widowed and a boarder.
1950 Directory: Cornelius Powell
Revised 7/23/2022