“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)
History
1866, September: Deed transferred from John H. Lane to John
Wilson.
Deed summary states:
“three story brick messuage or tenement.”
1869, October: Deed
transferred from John Wilson to Charles S. French.
1870:
Charles S French 38 Wholesale
grocer; real estate: $6,000, personal: $10,000
Anna 32
Charles C. 5
William H. (Willie) 9
Anna D. 1
Isabel McKenna 25 Domestic
servant; born in
Fanny L Collins 14 Domestic
servant; born in
Charles
S. French is listed as a member of the Board of Managers of Philadelphia City
Institute at its founding in 1852. (Phila. City Institute Records collection
3023.)
1880:
Charles S. French 50 Grocer; parents born in N.J.
Anna B. French 42
William H. French 19
Charles C. French 15
Anna D. French 11
Mary Gukkam 24 Servant;
born in
1890 Directory: Charles C. French
Charles S. French, 4 Market, h 3204
Hamilton
1890, Mar. 14: Death of Anna (Bowman) French, 52
years old
1896, Mar. 23: Marriage of Anna Dora French to
Edwin Lewis Palmer
1899, Feb. 4: Birth of Charles Lewis Palmer
1900:
Charles S. French 69 Grocer; widowed; owned with a mortgage
Charles C. French 35 Son; bookkeeper;
single
Anna D. Palmer 31 Daughter;
married 4 years, 2 children, 1 surviving
Edwin L. Palmer 29 Son-in-law;
machinist
Charles L. Palmer 1 Grandson
In
1910, the Palmers lived in Upper Darby, Pa.
1900, Aug. 8: Death of Charles Lewis Palmer, 1
year old
1901, March: Deed transferred from Charles S.
French to Charles C. French.
1927
Directory: C. C. French
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