3239 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 3239
Powelton Avenue
1868, Jun. 15: Title
for 3201-3239 Powelton transferred to E. Spencer Miller by Pennsylvania
Railroad
1881, Mar. 22: Title
for 3201-3239 Powelton transferred to Edward A. Rollins by Clement B. Penrose,
at al Executors
E. Spencer Miller was
Dean of the University of Pennsylvania Law School. He died March 6, 1878.
1881, Mar. 29: Title
for 3221-3239 Powelton transferred to Harrison M. Lutz by Edward A. Rollins and
immediately to John Rea.
1881, Mar. 30: Title
transferred to Edward S. Rollins by John Rea
Rollins also purchased
3221-3237, but they were now registered as separate properties.
1882 Directory
(Fall, 1881): Robert C. Eastman of Eastman & Brother (Robert C. & John
I.), soaps at 1010 Market St.
Martha W. Eastman, widow
of Robert.
The 1879
Directory lists them living at 3923 Aspen.
1883, Oct. 15: Title
transferred to Martha W. Eastman by Edward S. Rollins
1885: “Eastman &
Brother made an elegant display of fine toilet soaps, perfumes and odor cases, all
of which they claim to sell to druggists only. An immense cake of fine toilet
soap, imprinted with their trade-mark, attracted considerable attention.”
(Proceedings of the ... Annual Meeting of the Michigan State Pharmaceutical
Association.)
Advertising card
for Eastman Brothers Soap
1885 Directory:
Robert C. Eastman of Eastman & Brother (Robert C. & John I.), perfumer
at 930 Arch St.
Martha W.
Eastman
The 1888 directory
lists them living at 3145 Mantua Ave.
1887, May 3: Title
transferred to Thomas B. Scarborough by Martha W. Eastman
1887, May 24: Title
transferred to Helen E. Harsley (?) by Thomas B.
Scarborough
1889 Directory
(fall, 1888): James N. Jameson, Jr.
Morton C. Jameson,
comptroller at 333 Walnut
1889, Jan. 29: Title
transferred to Sarah Bugley (?) by Helen E. Harsley (?)
1891 Directory:
Morton C. Jameson comptroller at 333 Walnut
Thaddeus F. Jameson, type-writer [sic.]
1893 Directory:
Morton C. Jameson comptroller at 333 Walnut
John M. Jameson,
bookkeeper
The 1894 directory lists
Morton C., Morton C., Jr., John M., and Thaddeus F. Jameson living at 128 S.
39th St.
1895, Nov. 14: Title
transferred to John H. Dubbs by Sarah Bugley (?)
1895, Nov. 21: Title
transferred to John D. Pharoh by John H. Dubbs
1896 Directory:
Annie E. Parke, widow of Thomas H.
1897 Directory:
Charles Ira Young, electrical engineer at 302 Girard Building
1900 Directory:
Samuel G. Detwiler of Robert M. Lindsay (Co.)
1900: 3339 Powelton
Mary Stoy 56 Single; renting
William Shoemaker 61 Boarder; broker
He was a retired
druggist. In 1880, they lived at 1509 N. 10th St. The 1881 directory
lists him at 3316 Arch St.
Abbey Shoemaker 58 Boarder; married 38 years, 6 children, 4
surviving; born in Mass., father born in Vermont, mother in Mass.
Charles S. Young 38 Boarder; electrical engineer
Rebecca Van Haagen 71 Boarder; widowed, 7 children, 5
surviving; born in Va.
She was the widow of
Anthony van Haagen. In 1880, they lived at 3408
Spring Garden St.
Rebecca Van Haagen 37 Boarder; teacher; father born in Germany,
mother in Va,
Samuel Detwiler 40 Boarder; clerk
Mary Detwiler 44 Boarder; married 19 years, 2 children, 1
surviving
Poynell Staley 20
Boarder; mechanical engineer
Paul Detwiler 13 Boarder
Charles Morgan 29 Boarder; barber; born in Nevada, parents
born in Wales
Matilda Cooper 67 Servant; black; born in Delaware
Sadie Kovinem 23
Servant; black; born in N.J.,
father born in N. Carolina, mother in Rhode Island
1904 Who’s Who in
Pa.:
SHOEMAKER, William Mercer: Member of the Pennsylvania Commandery of the
Military Order of the Loyal Legion; Second Lieutenant Ninth Pennsylvania
cavalry, Nov. U, 1881; First Lieutenant, April 4, 1862; resigned and honorably
discharged. April 6, 1881. Elect, Feb. 5. 1886. Address, 8238 Powelton, Ave.,
Philadelphia, Pa.”
(p 681)
1904 Directory: Mary
D. Stoy
1920:
Mary E. Biddle 39 Widowed; mother born in Mass.; owner
with a mortgage
Charles Biddle [Jr.] 15
Florence Biddle 17
[William] Earl Biddle 13
Henry Biddle 10
Frances Biddle 7
Nathan Biddle 55 Lodger; locomotive engineer; born in N.J.
Arthur S. Pelletier 34 House carpenter; born in Vt.
Mary Biddle was the
second wife of Charles J. Biddle, a druggist with his own shop. They were
married about 1901. He was 24 years older than her. In 1910, they lived above
his shop at 3348 Market St. In 1930, Mary Biddle and four of her children lived
at 409 N. 33rd St.
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