3213-3221 Hamilton Street
The History of the Buildings
“Circa 1890. three-story Victorian red brick rowhouses
with splayed brick lintels, pressed brick belt course and decorative tiles. Corbelled brick cornice. 3213 and 3215 porch removed; .3217porch
original; 3219 and 3221 have circa 1940 wrought iron.”
(Inventory of Buildings in Powelton from the application submitted to the
national register of Historic Places, 1985)
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Residents of 3213 Hamilton St.
1894 Directory: Rev. Miles S. Read
1897 Directory: Abia C. Miller, engineer
1900 Directory:
David H. Roche, foreman
1900:
Michael
J. Keily 34 Electrician; parents born in Ireland;
renting
Mary
M. Keily 38
Married 4 years, no children;
parents born in Ireland
--
2nd household
David
H. Roche 62 Foreman; parents born in Ireland
Hannah
E. Roche 56 Married 14 years, 2 children, 1 surviving; parents born in
Ireland
Alice
E. Roche 8
(ED
540, 5B)
Mary Margaret Berry and Michael J. Keily got a marriage license in Philadelphia in 1897. She died Dec. 9, 1905 when they were living
at 3211 Powelton Ave.
David Hargreaves Roche was a Private in
K Co., 14th Pennsylvania Cavalry from April, 1861 to June 1865. The 1897 directory lists him at 602 N. 32nd
St. He died July 9, 1906 when they were
living at 3211 Powelton Ave.
1902 Directory:
Michael J. Keily, electrician
David H. Roche, foreman
1906 Directory:
Michael J. Keily, clerk
1909 Directory: Guy
K. Haldeman, civil engineer
1912 Directory:
Guy K. Haldeman, civil engineer
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Residents of 3217 Hamilton St.
1900 Directory:
Laura R. Henzey, widow of Samuel
1900:
Laura
R. Henzey 45 Divorced,
married 23 years, 5 children
William
H. Henzey 20 Apprentice machinist
Joseph
G. Henzey 9
Anne
B. Gilchrist 28 Boarder; school teacher; born in
Illinois, father born in Scotland, mother in Indiana
(ED
540, 5B)
The 1908 directory lists Laura and
Joseph C. Henzy (a student) living at 3318 Arch
St.
1901 Directory:
Harlan Hensey
1927 Directory: J.
H. Howard
1930:
James
Howard 42 Foreman for steam railroad; married at age
27; father born in N. Ireland; owner, house valued at $3,000
Wilma
Howard 34 Married at age 19; mother born in
Kentucky
Margaret
M. Howard 13
Elizabeth
Howard 9
(ED
396, 8B)
1942, Nov. 26:
Death of James Henry Howard, 55 years old. He was born in Mauch
Chunk, Pa. Burial was a Holy Cross
Cemetery.
1950 Directory:
James Howard
1956: James Howard
was a Trustee of the Metropolitan Baptist Church when they purchased 3500
Baring St. from The Northminster Presbyterian Church.
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Residents of 3219 Hamilton St.
1896 Blue Book:
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas R. Hill
1898 Blue Book:
Mr. & Mrs. Thomas R. Hill
1900:
Thomas
R. Hill 45 Upholsterer; parents born in Ireland;
owner, free of a mortgage
Mary
P. Hill 41 Married 17 years, 2 children; parents
born in Ireland
John
P. Hill 15
Edward
F. Hill 15
Maggie
P. Wells 25 Servant; black; born in Virginia
(ED
396, 8B)
1906 Blue Book:
Thomas R. Hill
1927 Directory: M.
V. Boyd
J. P. Delavan
Miss E. W. Meloy
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Residents of 3221 Hamilton St.
1900:
Charles
T. Willis 64 Bookkeeper; born in England, immigrated
in 1881, naturalized citizen; owner with a mortgage
Mary
A. Willis 64 Married 45 years, 2 children
May
W. Reese 41 Daughter; married 1 year [her second], 3
children
Berch T. Reese 35 Son-in-law;
salesman
Lillian
W. Bloodgood 23 [Grand]daughter;
married, 1 child
William
L. Bloodgood 31 Commission [salesman], glass
William
B. Bloodgood 1 [Great-]grandson
A.
Willis Eckert 17 [Grandson]; clerk
Florence
W. Eckert 13 [Granddaughter]
Rebecca
J. Davis 31 Servant; widowed
(ED
540, 5B)
In 1880, Charles and Mary Willis
lived with May and her first husband at 3410
Hamilton St. In 1910, May Reese was
widowed and living at 4439 Chestnut St. with A. Willis Eckert and Lillian and William
B. Bloodgood. Berch T. Reece was the son of Frank and Lydia Reese. Frank was a hotel keeper. In 1880, they lived at 4106 Haverford
Ave. Berch
died in 1907 while living in New York City.
The funeral was held at the home of his mother, 3857 Lancaster Ave.,
Philadelphia. In 1930, May Reese and her
son, Alfred Willis Eckert, were living in East Orange, Essex, New Jersey.
1906, Apr. 3: Death
of Mary A. Willis, daughter of William J. and Ann Smith; burial at Fairview
Cemetery
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