3206 Powelton Avenue
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 of 3206
Powelton Avenue
1890 Directory: G. William Pine of Pine Bros.
George
Wilhelm Pine and Ida Berman were married Sept. 2, 1885
at Salem Zion United Church of Christ in Philadelphia. He was 36 and she was
25.
1894 Directory: George W. [Sr.] Pine of Pine
Brothers, confectioners at 106 S. 11th St.
The
1887 directory lists him living at 232 Jacoby with a store at 1033 Chestnut St.
He was partners with Charles Schmidt in G. W. Pine & Co., confectioner. The
1878 directory lists him with Pine Bros. He was one of the Pine Brothers who
were known for their cough drops.
1900:
George William Pine 51 Confectioner;
born in [Bremen,] Germany, immigrated in 1868; owner, free of a mortgage
Ida M. Pine 38 Parents
born in Germany; married 15 years, 4 children
Margaret E. Pine 10
Elmer A. Pine 8
Edith Pine 7
George William Pine 4
Theresa Trocete 18 Cook; born in Hungary
1901, May 23: Death of George W. Pine, Sr., 53 years old, of 3206
Powelton Ave.
1910:
Ida M. Pine 48 Confectioner;
widow; 5 children, 4 surviving; parents born in Germany; owner with a mortgage
Marguerite E. Pine 20 Record clerk for
optician
Elmer A. Pine 18 Clerk for confectioner
Edith D. Pine 17
George W. Pine 14
Albert L. Lewis 40 Lodger;
lawyer in general practice; born in N.Y.
Esperance Steelman 50 Servant; widowed;
born in N.J.
1916 Directory: Elmer A. Pine, engineer
Ida M. Pine of Pine Bros
1917 Draft Card: George W. Pine, Pine
Brothers, confectioners at 1630 Market St.
1918 Directory: Elmer A. Pine, U. S. Army
George W. Pine, candy maker
Ida M. Pine of Pine Bros
In
1920, Ida, Elmer, Edith and George Pine lived at 5016
Catherine St. Ida (Bermann) Pine died there in June
1936
1921, Feb. 9: Marriage license issued to Clara R. Mathews and
George William Pine of 3206 Powelton Ave.
In
1930, they were living at 3709
Hamilton St.
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Revised 6/27/2022