3217 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; .3217porch original; 3219 and 3221
have circa 1940 wrought iron.”
(Inventory of Buildings in Powelton from the application submitted to the
national register of Historic Places, 1985)
Previous Residents
1900 Directory:
Laura R. Henzey, widow of Samuel
1900:
Laura
R. Henzey 45 Divorced, married 23 years, 5 children
William
H. Henzey 20 Apprentice machinist
Joseph
G. Henzey 9
Anne
B. Gilchrist 28 Boarder; school teacher; born in
Illinois, father born in Scotland, mother in Indiana
The 1908 directory lists Laura and
Joseph C. Henzy (a student) living at 3318 Arch
St.
1901 Directory:
Harlan Hensey
1910:
Harry
Lape 61 Married at age 32; born in DE
Esther
E. Lape 63 Married at age 32, 5 children, 4 surviving; born in DE
Frances
B. Lape 31 Trained nurse; single; born in DE
Marion
R. Lape 29 Chemistry teacher; single; born in DE
Esther
R. Lape 27
English professor; single; born in
DE
By 1912, they were living at 3208
Hamilton St.
1927 Directory: J.
H. Howard
1930:
James
Howard 42 Foreman for steam railroad; married at
age 27; father born in N. Ireland; owner, house valued at $3,000
Wilma
Howard 34 Married at age 19; mother born in
Kentucky
Margaret
M. Howard 13
Elizabeth
Howard 9
1942, Nov. 26: Death
of James Henry Howard, 55 years old. He was born in Mauch
Chunk, Pa. Burial was a Holy Cross Cemetery.
1950 Directory:
James Howard
1956: James Howard was
a Trustee of the Metropolitan Baptist Church when they purchased 3500
Baring St. from The Northminster Presbyterian Church.
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