3200 Block of
North Side
The Block was originally
named
The
History of the Buildings
“two-story Victorian, brick rowhouses were built
as one development, along with doubles on south side of street. The houses have
first-floor full-height windows, porches altered or removed; decorative brick
band across second floor and overhanging pent eave at roof line with wood
brackets below.”
(Inventory of
Buildings in Powelton from the application submitted to the National Register of Historic
Places, 1985)
1878, Oct. 1: Titles for these properties
transferred to Herman Wendall by E. Spencer Miller
E. Spencer Miller was an attorney
and law professor. He owned the Powel mansion and the surrounding land. Herman
Wendall was a carpenter who lived at 116 N. 32nd St.
1879: Approval was given for a gas lamp at the
southeast corner of 33rd St. and Bingham Place (Pearl St.) and one
for the 3200 block of Bingham Place was approved for the 3200 block. (North
American, June 27, 1879)
3201
Pearl Street
1879 Directory: Brown William H., clerk
1891 Directory: Charles S. James, machinist
1950:
Vincent LaTrenas 32 Millman
at rubber plant
Lillam LaTrenas 25
Vincent LaTrenas 6
John LaTrenas 3
Paul LaTrenas 1
3203 Pearl Street
1880:
John McGarry 28 Grain
Inspector; parents born in Ireland
Elizabeth McGarry 21 Parents born in
Ireland
William J. McGarry 2
1895 Directory: Adelia C. Stevens, widow of Thomas, Q. A., h 3203
Pearl
1950:
Thomas Tavemer 48 Born
in Scotland
Helen Tavener 46 Born
in Germany
Thomas William Tavener was born in
Folkstone, England in 1903. He married Hilda in 1926 in Folkstone. They had a
son, George, born in 1927. Thomas served in the British Navy Medical Corps. during
WWI. They immigrated in 1929. He declared his intention to apply for
citizenship in 1939 in Philadelphia. They lived at 419 Milbank Rd., Upper Darby
where he was working as a chauffeur. He became a citizen in May 1942. In 1942,
he registered for the draft from 3414
Powelton Ave. He died in Germany in 1973. He was retired and lived at 27 S.
16th St., Philadelphia.
Neither was working or looking for work.
3205 Pearl Street
1880:
Benjamin Plummer 25 Telegraph operator; born in N.J.
Fannie Plummer 23 Born in N.J.
May Plummer 4
Bessie Plummer 3
Charles Plummer 1
William Plummer 21 Brother;
printer; born in N.J.
Benjamin
and William Plummer were the sons of Charles S. and Elizabeth A. Plummer. In 1870, they lived in Northampton,
Burlington Co., N.J. He was probably the grandson of Benjamin and Theresa
Plummer who were listed on the same page of the 1870 census. Charles and Benjamin, sr. were both brick and
stone masons.
1889 Directory: Isaac P. Lewis, engineer, h 3205
1891 Directory: Isaac T. Lewis, engineer, h 3205 Pearl
1895 Directory: Israel Lewis, engineer, h 3205 Pearl
1950:
Mickey McDevitt 48 Born
in NJ
Pearl McDevitt 46
Pearl McDevitt 19 Ten years of schooling
John McDevitt 17
Joe McDevitt 14
Tim McDevitt 11
Both Mickey and Pearl were working,
but their occupations were not recorded.
Note: education on recorded for
every fifth person.
3207 Pearl Street
1879 Directory: McGettigan Cormick,
laborer
1880:
Cormick [Mc]Gettigan 60 Laborer; born in Ireland
Mary [Mc]Gettigan 62 Born
in Ireland
Jerome [Mc]Gettigan 14 Son; at
school
1895 Directory: Matthews Wm B., station master
1950:
Victor Jo Seargent (Jr.) 28 Spot
Welder for auto co.
Connie Seargent 19
Victor Jo Seargent (III) 2
Mary Seargent Born in Oct. 1949
_ 2nd Hh.
William Ever 41 [Employment
status not noted]
Sara Ever 36 Ten years of schooling
William Ever, Jr. 16
Russell Ever 15
Robert Ever 13
Florence Ever 12
Mary F. Ever 9
Victor
E. Seargent, Jr. served in the military from January 1943 until June 1945. He
served overseas from April 1944 until June 1945. He earned veteran’s compensation
of $450. He and Constance Janette Fulton were married in 1949. When he
registered for the draft, he was living with his mother at 1822 So. Vodges St. where
he grew up. He was working at the Baldwin Locomotive works. He died in 1963 at
age 41 of a heart attack. They were living at 5526 Paschall Ave.
Note: education on recorded for
every fifth person.
3209 Pearl Street
1880:
Lafayette Hyatt 62 Machinist; born in N.Y.
Emma Hyatt 35 Born in
England
Nathaniel Hyatt 10 At school;
born in N.Y.
Marcus
Lafayette Hyatt was born in 1915 in White Plains, N.Y., the son of Nathaniel
Hyatt and Rebecca Merritt.
1889 & 1895 Directories:
Lafayette Hyatt,
engineer
1891 Directory: Marcus L. Hyatt, engineer
1900, Feb. 17: Death of M. Lafayette Hyatt, 76
years old
1901 Directory: Emma Hyatt, widow of M.
Lafayette
Nathaniel Hyatt, salesman
1910:
Emma Hyatt 63 Widowed,
one child; born in England; owner, free of a mortgage
Nathaniel E. Hyatt 40 Manager for tin
and metal co.; born in N.Y.
1912 Directory: Emma Hyatt, widow of M.
Lafayette
Nathaniel Hyatt, salesman
1950: Vacant at time of census
3211 Pearl Street
1879 Directory: Valentine Charles W.,
conductor
1880:
Charles
Valentine 36 Conductor for
Penna. RR
Sophia Valentine 24
Charles H.
Valentine 5
Mary Valentine 4
J. Howard
Valentine 9 months
Sophia
was the daughter of George and Mary Flickenstein. In 1870, they lived in Wrightsville, York,
Pa. where he was a sawyer. In 1900, Charles and Sophia lived at 1501 N. 52nd
St. with their ten surviving children.
Sophia reported that three others had died.
1889 Directory: William J. Armstrong, contractor
1895 Directory: Robert Stanford, watchman
1950:
Elizabeth Hughes 60 Office
clerk at a bank; single
Josephine Hughes 56 Sister;
single
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