3213 Hamilton Street
The
History of the Building
This house was torn down.
3213-3221: “three-story Victorian red brick rowhouses
with splayed brick lintels, pressed brick belt course and decorative tiles.
Corbelled brick cornice. 3213 and 3215 porch removed;”
(Inventory of Buildings in Powelton from the application submitted to the
national register of Historic Places, 1985)
Previous Residents
1894 Directory: Rev. Miles S. Read
1897 Directory: Abia C. Miller, engineer
1900 Directory:
David H. Roche, foreman
1900:
Michael
J. Keily 34 Electrician; parents born in Ireland;
renting
Mary
M. Keily 38
Married 4 years, no children;
parents born in Ireland
--
2nd household
David
H. Roche 62 Foreman; parents born in Ireland
Hannah
E. Roche 56 Married 14 years, 2 children, 1 surviving; parents born in
Ireland
Alice
E. Roche 8
Mary Margaret Berry and Michael J. Keily got a marriage license in Philadelphia in 1897. She
died Dec. 9, 1905 when they were living at 3211 Powelton Ave.
David Hargreaves Roche was a Private in K
Co., 14th Pennsylvania Cavalry from April 1861 to June 1865. The
1897 directory lists him at 602 N. 32nd St. He died July 9, 1906
when they were living at 3211 Powelton Ave.
1902 Directory:
Michael J. Keily, electrician
David H. Roche, foreman
1906 Directory:
Michael J. Keily, clerk
1909 Directory: Guy
K. Haldeman, civil engineer
1912 Directory: Guy
K. Haldeman, civil engineer
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