3402 Powelton Avenue
Also known as 220 N. 34TH
St.
The
History of the Building
This house is shown on the Baist Atlas published in
1886. The 1878 Scott Atlas shows an earlier building at this corner.
“Queen
Anne style red brick two-and-one-half story residence; entrance faces 34th Street.
Porch is supported by turned wood posts on brick pedestals and wraps around to
(Inventory of
Buildings in Powelton from the application submitted to the national register of Historic
Places, 1985)
Previous Residents of
1890 & 1894 Directories:
Langdon Samuel P., Bullitt Building
The
1888 directory lists him at 665 Preston St.
1910:
Adria A. Buckalew 57 Boarding house keeper; married 30 years
[widowed?] 3 children, 1 surviving; renting
Oscar R. Buckalew 21 Son;
salesman of meats and provisions; born in Arizona
In 1900,
Adria Buckalew ran a boarding house at 417 N. 33rd
St.
---- new
household
John S. Nichols 53 Civil engineer for a steam railroad
Louisa M. Nichols 76 Mother
of John; married 55 years, 5 children, 3 surviving
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Lellie B. Geiger 53 Own income; widowed, 3 children; born in
Octavia Geiger 24 Daughter; artist for “talking machines”
[phonographs]; born in
Jason Geiger 27 Son;
traveling salesman for talking machines; born in
Sylvester E. Geiger 17 Son;
artist for “talking machines;” born in
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George Johnson 49 Operator
making suit cases; widowed; born in
Evelyn Johnson 17 Daughter;
seamstress
Wilhelmina O. Little 65 Boarder; scalp specialist; born in
Charles C. Brown 39 Boarder;
leather harness maker; born in
E. Kirby Danner 33 Boarder;
machinist for steam rail road; mother born in
Maron A. Greenacre 23 Boarder;
stenographer for agricultural instrument maker
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Eliza A. Heath-Williams 57 Magazine
journalist; married twice, 1 child; born in
Edward W. Lowes Hesch 35 Stepson;
theatrical actor; born in England
Rebecca Moore 45 Boarder;
general practice physician
Cecilia Ball 45 Boarder;
music teacher
Carrie L. Plerable 17 Boarder;
school stenographer
Frank Nelson 44 Servant-
Chef; born in N.Y., mother born in Scotland
1917 WWI Draft Registration: James Frank Shrader,
born April 30, 1886; lawyer with office in Real Estate Trust Building; married
to Elizabeth D. Shrader
1920:
James F. Shrader 33 Lawyer
in general practice; owner, free of a mortgage
Elizabeth Shrader
34
Jean Newell
Shrader 3 yrs, 3 mon. Daughter
John A. Shrader,
Jr. 3 months
John A. Shrader,
Sr. 71 Father;
minister; widowed
James Frank Shrader graduate from
the Univ. of Pennsylvania Law School in 1911.
“James Frank Shrader, LL. B., b. 1886. LL. B.
1911; A. B., 1907 Westminster Coll., Phi Delta Phi; ed, “University of Pa. Law
Review and American Law Register,” 1910-1911; pres. of class, senior yr., 1911
(Law); pres. Hare Law Club, 1910; Lawyer; v-pres. Powelton Civic Assn.; author
"Shrader's Guide for Notaries Public, Conveyancers, Commissioners,"
etc.; mem. Law Assn. of Phila, Co. and Meridian Club. 518 Real Estate Trust
Bldg. and 220 N. 34th St., Phila., Pa.” (Univ.
of Penna. Alumni Catalogue, 1922, P. 467)
1928, July 20: Death of Rev. John A. Shrader, burial in Butler
Co., Pa.
1930:
James F. Shrader 43 Lawyer;
married at age 29; owner, house valued at $6,000
Elizabeth Shrader
45 Married
at age 30
Jean A. Shrader 13
John A. Shrader 11
Mary Heade (?) 29 Servant;
born in Irish Free State
In 1942, James Shrader’s draft card
for WWII gives his home address as 230 Grays Lane, Haverford. He was born in
Beaver Co., Pa. He was a partner in Guckes, Shrader and Burtt with offices in
the Packard Building. He gave his height and weight as 5’4”, 130 lbs.
The 1950 directory lists both J. F.
Shrader and John A. Shrader as attorneys with offices in the Packard Building.
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