3215 Hamilton Street
The
History of the Building
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
1887 Directory: Dusenbery Benjamin M. Jr., Undertaker, Benjamin M. Dusenbery
& Son, 1549 N. 11th
Schermerhorn Louis Y., 1125 Girard
Ave.
1890 Directory: Cross Edgar G.
Cross William H.
1898 Blue Book: Schermerhorn Holdin
Schermerhorn Louis Y.
In
1900, they lived at 3414
Baring St.
1900: No one reported here in 1900 census
1902 Directory: Moore Percy, professor
In
1900, he lived at 3903 Locust St. with his wife, two children, and two
boarders. He was 31 and working as a teacher.
1910:
Thomas McCreight 61 Professor of mechanical arts
Jemme McCreight 51 Married 31 years, 3 children, 1
surviving; born in Delaware, parents in Ireland
Marguerite McCreight 14
Elise Michael 43 Boarder; own income; single; born in New
York, parents in France
In
1899, the McCreight family lived in Norwood, Delaware.
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8/22/2022