3202 Powelton Avenue
Designed by G.W.
and W.D. Hewitt for Smith and Wendell, developers.
3200-3206 “Three-story, two-register Victorian
brick rowhouses…. first floor original wood porches intact except for 3200,
where removed; balustrade altered on 3202; full-height first floor windows and
doors have splayed brick lintels; pressed brick belt courses at second and
third floors; stone lintels and sills at second floor windows; third floor
windows have rusticated brick spandrels, recessed decorative brick spandrels
below and stone lintels above; pressed brick panels below flat roof line.”
(Inventory of
Buildings in Powelton from the application submitted to the National Register of Historic
Places, 1985)
History
1883 Directory (Fall 1882): Jones W. Foster, bookkeeper at 208 S.
4th St.
1887 Directory: Nuss Henry Jr.,
Confectioner at 18 S. 8th St.
He
soon moved to 204 N.
33rd St. where the family lived until about 1919 when they moved
to 4750 Sansom St..
1900:
Joseph W. McCoy 53 Chief Clerk, Claim Dept., Penna.
Railroad; probably widowed; owner, free of a mortgage
Amanda McCoy 72 Mother;
widowed, 4 children, 3 surviving
Emily B. McCoy 37 Daughter
Bridget Meenan 20 Servant;
born in Ireland
He
also owned 432 N.
37th St. where they lived in 1891 (see there for other dates). The 1887
directory lists his address as 822 N. 40th St.
1904, Apr. 12: Death of Amanda McCoy, 77 years old, of 3202
Powelton Ave. She was born in Indiana Co., Pa. and was the widow of Daniel
McCoy who died in 1865 at the age of 46.
1910:
Joseph W. McCoy 63 Chief special
agent for railroad; single; owner, free of a mortgage
Emma B. McCoy 45 Sister;
single
Lillie B. Hillman 22 Servant; father
born in Maryland
1917, Dec. 18: Death of Joseph W. McCoy, 71 years old, of 3202
Powelton Ave. Burial in Altoona, Pa.
1918 Directory: McCoy Emma
Emma
Beaver McCoy died Nov. 5, 1927 in Altoona, Pa. She was
a member of the Northminster Presbyterian Church at 3500
Baring St.
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Revised 9/21/2022