3306 Race Street
This house is no longer standing.
The
History of the Building
“Circa
1895, two-and-one-half story Colonial Revival red brick house with front and side
slate-shingled gambrel roofs. One-story wood porch has Tuscan columns and dentillated cornice. Windows of second-floor projecting bay
flanked by fluted Ionic pilasters. Below the attic gambrel is a Palladian
window, nowboarded, set in a stuccoed
facade”
(Inventory of
Buildings in Powelton from the application submitted to the National Register of Historic
Places, 1985)
Previous Residents
1900:
Carroll R. Williams 41 Lawyer;
owner free of a mortgage
Eleanor P. Williams 37 Married
10 years, two children; born in Maryland
Catharine B. Williams 8
John D. Williams
7
Harry T. Stoddard 29 Boarder;
lawyer
E. Sarah Hall 29 Servant;
black; married three years no children; born in Maryland
Lottie Thomas 48 Servant;
black; married 24 years one child; born in Maryland
In
1880, Carroll R. Williams was a boarder at 3205 Baring
St. He married Eleanor Boyd Palmer in 1890. He died September 22, 1929 in Solebury, Pa. She died in Solebury, Pa. August 10,
1949. They were buried in the cemetery at Solebury Friends Meeting.
1910:
Carroll R. Williams 50 Attorney in
general practice; owner free of a mortgage
Eleanor P. Williams 45 Married 20 years,
four children three surviving; born in Maryland, father born in Maryland mother
in Pennsylvania
Catharine B. Williams 18
John D. Williams 17
Carroll R. Williams, Jr.
6
Sarah E. Hall 38 Servant,
child's nurse; mulatto; married 13 years, one child; born in Maryland
Lillie Murray 38 Servant,
cook; mulatto; married 17 years, three children one surviving; born in Virginia
The
1915 directory lists Carroll Williams living at 3708 Chestnut St.
1914 Directory: James J. Sullivan vice
president of William Brown Co.
1920:
James J. Sullivan 44 Hosiery
manufacturer; born in Ohio, parents born in Ireland; owner free of a mortgage
Mary F. Sullivan 39 Parents born
in Ireland
Julius J. Sullivan 14
James J. Sullivan 12
Helen I. Sullivan 11
Philip W. Sullivan 10
Paul A. Sullivan 9
Roger F. Sullivan 5
William H. Sullivan 2 yrs. 2 months
James
J. Sullivan married Mary F. Carlsson. He Sullivan died in 1929 at age 53. In
1930, Mary and several the children were living at 30 Pelham Road in
Philadelphia. At that time Mary stated that her mother was born in Sweden.
Revised 1/21/2015