3216 Summer St.
3200 block of
Summer St. “Queen Anne-style block of doubles built by the same developer as
Winter Street. This block of two-and-one-half story brick houses with pressed
brick detail and projecting fronts and side gables has undergone more radical
alterations. Several porches have been removed, or enclosed with aluminum
siding or permastone.”
(Inventory of Buildings in Powelton from the application submitted to the
national register of Historic Places, 1985)
These houses were
designed by George W. and William D. Hewitt and developed by Herman Wendell and
Walter Bassett Smith.
The
History
1899, Oct. 11: Marriage of Laura May Field to
James Wood. They were married by Rev. Charles M. Armstrong.
She was the daughter of Charles J. Field, 3502 Powelton Ave.
1900:
James Wood 37 Mill supply salesman; born in England; renting
Laura Wood 33
Albert E. Wood 25 Brother;
clerk in dry goods store; born in Mass., parents born in England
Mamie Thompson 21 Servant;
black; parents born in MD
(ED 578, 6A)
In 1910, Albert Wood lived at 5020
Hazel Ave. with his wife, Corrine, their son, and her mother-in-law, Rose A
Nusbaum.
1910:
James Wood 47 Machinery salesman; born in England, immigrated in 1869, a
naturalized citizen; renting
Laura F Wood 42
Bertha Field 38 Sister-in-law
Ella E. Vaughan 17 Servant;
black; born in VA.
Laura Wood died in 1917 at age 50.
They were living in the Avondale Apartments at 39th and Lancaster.
1969: see Powelton Quarterly
on successful effort to save Summer and Winter Streets. (vol 1(1); pp 1 &3).
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