The
History of the Building
3404-18:
“two-and-one-half
story mansarded Victorian double houses; smooth cut
ashlar' granite facades over brick construction. Full-height first floor
windows except on 3412 where they are partially filled in; arched doorways with
incised brownstone lintels and surrounds. Second floor windows have incised
brownstone lintels and sills; double bracketed wood cornice. Most of the mansarded roofs have their original slate shingles. Four
gabled dormers with batten-and- board faces project from the mansards, except
for 3412, which has only three, with scalloped red clay shingles. Pent roofs
added.”
(Inventory of
Buildings in Powelton from the application submitted to the National Register of Historic
Places, 1985)
Previous Residents
1880:
Sarah A. Lutz 39
Evylyn Lutz 14
Pauline Lutz 12
Walter Lutz 7
Mary Prunner 22 Servant
The 1881
Directory lists him as a cashier for the Centennial National Bank at 32nd
and Market. The 1887 Directory lists him as Vice President of the bank when
they were living in Norristown. In 1870, they lived in Norristown Middle Ward,
1890: Ball George W. I., conveyancer, 233 S 4th, h 3410 Powelton ave
“The Chief Conveyancer is George W. I.
Ball, who, after having been engaged in the law and conveyancing business for
many years, entered the service of the [Pennsylvania Railroad] Company in the
fall of 1862, in the office of the General Superintendent at Altoona, in
connection with the Military Transportation business; removed to Philadelphia
and became Assistant General Passenger and Ticket Agent; was transferred to the
General Solicitor's Office, then appointed Assistant General Solicitor and
Conveyancer, and finally, in 1884, was appointed Chief Conveyancer and
transferred to the Real Estate Department. He has charge of all conveyancing
for the several companies; the preparation of briefs of title to real estate
acquired ; examines and directs the execution of all deeds, bonds, mortgages,
leases and other documents relating to the Company's real estate and
rights-of-way, and is looked upon as one of the leading men in his profession
in this country.”
(History
of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company. William Bender Wilson. Henry T.
Coates & Co., 1895, p 158
1898 Blue Book: Mrs. G. W. I. Ball
Miss C. Ball
1900:
G. W. Ball 70 Conveyancer;
owned free of a mortgage
Catherine
Ball 57 Married
40 years, 1 child
Celia Ball 23
In the 1880 Census and the 1887
Directory, they are listed at 208 N. 33rd St.
1903, July 14: Death of George W. Ball; burial from
St Paul´s Episcopal Church, Chester, Delaware Co., Pa.
1906 Blue Book: Mrs. G. W. I. Ball
Miss C. Ball
1908, Mar. 20: Death of Katherine E. Ball
Celia
Ball died April 27, 1912. She was living at 1820 Chestnut St. Her burial costs
were covered by Mrs. Rosaline B. Briggs (3631
Hamilton St.) who was identified as a friend.
1911:
Klein, Louis, home:
Undeck, John Paul, home: Hazleton, [local] Address: 3410
Powelton Ave.
(Catalogue
of the University of Pennsylvania. 1911)
1927 Directory: Miss A. R. Buchanan
M. F. Freeley
Mrs. C. J. Morrissey
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