The
History of the Building
Built
by William S. Kimball
3321-31:
“red brick Victorian
double houses with wood porches; segmental windows at first and second floors; pressed
brick rosettes in facade between third floor windows; each house has two gabled
wood dormers, except for 3329-31, where each half has one dormer. Probably
designed by G.W. and W.D. Hewitt.”
(Inventory of
Buildings in Powelton from the application submitted to the National Register of Historic
Places, 1985)
1877, Jan. 4: Title for 3319-3331 Powelton Ave.,
309-313 N. 34th St. and 3319-3321 Pearl St. transferred to Emma W. Shipper by
Henry H. Houston and his wife.
1882, Oct.
12: Title for 3319-3331 Powelton Ave., 309-313 N. 34th St. and 3319-3321 Pearl
St. transferred to William S. Kimball by Emma W. Shipper
The 1883 city directory lists William S. Kimball as a
builder at S. 41st and Chestnut streets living at 404 S. 42nd
St.
1882, Nov.
16: From the Inquirer:
“Building improvements are active at this time. Among the more important
permits issued recently by the building inspectors:… seven three-story,
northeast corner Thirty-fourth and Powelton avenue….”
1883, Apr.
23: Title for 3319-3331 Powelton Ave., 309-313 N. 34th St. and 3319-3321 Pearl
St. transferred to John Rea by William S. Kimball
It’s likely that Kimball had ran into financial difficulties. In
September 1883, he advertised his 15-room mansion for sale “at reduced price.”
(Inquirer, Sept. 26)
The next day, title was transferred to Sanford P.
Campbell.
Previous Residents
1883, Aug. 22: Title transferred to Louisa
S. Austin by Sanford P. Campbell & wife
1885, Apr. 21: Title transferred to
William Anderson by Louisa S. Austin
1890 Directory: William Anderson, (Anderson & Barry) &
(S. C. Wilson & Co.)
S. C. Wilson
& Co. manufactured woolen yarns.
William Anderson, Jr., manager
1898 Blue Book: William Anderson was a member of the Powelton Club. (For a brief history of the club, see the Powelton History Blog.)
1900:
William Anderson 52 Woolen
manufacturer; born in
Hannah Anderson 62 Married
33 years, four children, 3 surviving; born in N.Y., born Mar. 1838
William Anderson 31 Woolen
manufacturer; born Dec. 1868
George Anderson 25 Woolen manufacturer; born July, 1874
Burnett Anderson 25 Daughter;
born July 1874
Hannah Louise Donaldson married
William Anderson. They were members of The Church of the
Savior (Episcopal).
1910:
William Anderson 65 Wholesale
drugs[?]
Hanna L. Anderson 65 married
40 years
Burnett Anderson 34
1919: “Lewis, Frederic Hastings [c 88-91. Mfg.'] 3331 Powelton
Ave., Philadelphia, Pa.”
(Harvard Alumni Directory. Harvard Alumni
Association. 1919.)
1920:
Frederick Lewis 49 President
of peanut oil co.; born in
Burneth A. Lewis 46 Wife;
father born in
Frederick H. Lewis was president of
the class of 1878 at the
“
“The engineering specialty which the
Pittsburgh Testing Laboratory represents, as "Metallurgical and Inspecting
Engineers," and in which, for ten years past, it has been pre-eminent, is
entirely based upon the great supremacy of
“These two facts :
“The home of the Laboratory and of
its proprietors, Messrs. Hunt & Clapp, is of course in
“The Laboratory is a well known
feature of the eastern iron business, and its many inspectors are known at all
the great mills and bridge shops….
“The works [at the corner of Duke and Huntington Sts.] were
much enlarged and in addition to the manufacture of white lead, linseed oil and
arctic acid, they began the manufacture of red seal, orange mineral, acetate of
lead, and at a later day many other paints.”
(Philadelphia and
Popular Philadelphians. 1891, p 122)
“MR. FREDERICK H. LEWIS, M. Am.
Soc., C. E. has visited the principal cement factories of England and the
Continent, and makes a most interesting report.”
(Architect's Hand-book on Cements.
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