3237 Powelton Avenue

3229-3239: “three-story, two-register red brick Victorian rowhouses, same as 3201-3211. All but 3239 have had a circa 1915 shopfront addition; only 3237 and 3239 have metal rosettes at cornice line.”

(Inventory of Buildings in Powelton from the application submitted to the National Register of Historic Places, 1985)

Architects: G.W. & W.D. Hewitt

History of 3237 Powelton Avenue

1910:

Isaac Pennington 55 Shirt manufacturer; renting

Clementine Pennington 53 Married 33 years, 7 children, 4 surviving

Elizabeth Pennington 32 Public school teacher

Margaret C. Pennington 31 Public school teacher

Helen H. Pennington 22 Public school teacher

Mary Newby 19 Servant; black; born in VA

1930:

Mary Lantz 57 Widowed; renting for $40 per month

_ 2^nd Household

Maude S. Cook 42 Room clerk at hospital; widowed; born in NJ, father in DE, mother in PA; renting for $46 per month

Evelyn Huse 36 Lodger; file clerk at hospital; widowed; born in IL, parents in PA

1930 Directory: Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co. [A & P grocery]

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