3221 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:
Charles
T. Willis 64 Bookkeeper; born in England, immigrated
in 1881, naturalized citizen; owner with a mortgage
Mary
A. Willis 64 Married 45 years, 2 children
May
W. Reese 41 Daughter; married 1 year [her second], 3
children
Berch T. Reese 35 Son-in-law; salesman
Lillian
W. Bloodgood 23 [Grand]daughter; married, 1 child
William
L. Bloodgood 31 Commission [salesman], glass
William
B. Bloodgood 1 [Great-]grandson
A.
Willis Eckert 17 [Grandson]; clerk
Florence
W. Eckert 13 [Granddaughter]
Rebecca
J. Davis 31 Servant; widowed
In 1880, Charles and Mary Willis
lived with May and her first husband at 3410
Hamilton St. In 1910, May Reese was widowed and living at 4439 Chestnut St.
with A. Willis Eckert and Lillian and William B. Bloodgood. Berch
T. Reece was the son of Frank and Lydia Reese. Frank was a hotel keeper. In
1880, they lived at 4106 Haverford Ave. Berch died in
1907 while living in New York City. The funeral was held at the home of his
mother, 3857 Lancaster Ave., Philadelphia. In 1930, May Reese and her son,
Alfred Willis Eckert, were living in East Orange, Essex, New Jersey.
1906, Apr. 3: Death
of Mary A. Willis, daughter of William J. and Ann Smith; burial at Fairview
Cemetery
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Revised
3/9/2015