The
History of the Building
“three-story
Italianate double, stuccoed, flat overhanging roof
with modillioned wood cornice. Circa 1905 Colonial Revival porch with
dentillated cornice. Porch posts removed and substituted with wrought iron.”
(Inventory of
Buildings in Powelton from the application submitted to the national register of Historic
Places, 1985)
Previous Residents
of 3202 Hamilton Street
1863 Directory:
George W. Hancock, surveyor at Lancaster & 35th St.
1870:
George Hancock 31 Surveyor;
real estate: $6,000, personal: $2,000
Elizabeth Hancock 29
Henry Hancock
5
George B. Hancock 2
Willie (Walter)
Hancock 7 months Born Dec., 1869
Abi James 44
Susan Price 19 Domestic servant; black; born in
Marion Leon abt 25 [<
at 3202 or 3204 Hamilton?}
For
an introduction to the Hancock family, see the Powelton Post,
Jan., 2009.
For
a genealogy and biographies of his father and brother, see Charles W. Hancock in A History of Bucks Co.
1873 & 1880 Directories: Newbold R.
Haines, conveyancer at 512 Market St.
1880:
Newbold Haines 32 Conveyancer;
parents born in N.J.
Mary B. Haines 30
Katie Haines 5
1892: Rowland Comly, President of Young
Temperance Workers of West Philadelphia and Secretary
of the Evening Home for Boys: (Friends
Intelligencer and Journal, v. 49 pg 736)
1897: Percival Armitage, sophomore in civil
engineering: U. of
1900:
Alice Stackhouse 58 Widowed, 2
children; renting
Esther F. Stackhouse 28 Daughter;
bookkeeper for insurance co.; single
Anna M. Stackhouse 19 Daughter; milliner;
single
She
was the widow of John Stackhouse (1839-1893).
1901 Directory: Anna S. Stackhouse, widow of
John
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Revised 7/26/2022