3217 Winter Street
Previously
called Spencer Terrace
Developer: Smith
& Wendell
“This entire block,
both north and south sides, was bui1t as a single development
of doubles in 1886 by the same developer of Summer Street. The two-and-one-half
story Queen Anne-style houses are red brick with a pressed brick horizontal
band at the second-floor windows; this detail has been masked by alterations to
the brickwork in Numbers 3203 and 3205-07. The houses have front and side
projecting gables,
some with their original wood brackets, and shingles, and multi-light windows.
Original wood porches have received either minor or major alterations. Corner
houses have been demolished. --- Contributing”
(Inventory of
Buildings in Powelton from the
application submitted to the National Register of Historic Places, 1985)
Previous Residents
1886 Directory:
George Mason, clerk [Spencer Terrace]
1891 Directory:
George W. Mason, salesman [Spencer Terrace]
1900:
George W. Mason 50 Clerk
in dry goods
Annie Mason 51 Married 25 years, no children
Sarah A. Kuen 35 Sister-in-law;
single
In 1880, they were living with
Mary’s parents, John S. and Mary A. Kuen at
1910:
George
W. Mason 66 Department manager
at a department store; owned with a mortgage
Annie
C. Mason 60 Married 33 years
Sarah
M. Kuen 55 Sister-in-law; purchasing agent; single
Emma
Wilson 32 Teacher; lodger
Ruth
True 22 Lodger; social worker; born in N.H.
Esther
Eston 28 Lodger; social worker; born in
1969: see Powelton Quarterly
on successful effort to save Summer and Winter Streets. (vol 1(1); pp 1 &3).
Revised 5/25/2015