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:
William C. Peirce 34 Stock broker;
father born in N.H., mother in Md.
Kate S. Peirce 27 Born in
N.Y., father born in
May Peirce 5
Helen Peirce 1
— 2nd
household
John M. Child 32 Boarder;
teacher; mother born in N.J.
Catherine Child 34 Born in
N.Y., father born in
John A. Child 1
Rachel Gibbe 20 Servant;
black; born in
Jane Pierce 23 Servant;
black; born in S.C.
1881 Directory: William C.
Peirce,
broker at 136 S. 3rd
1900:
Mary Sunderland 33 Single; father born in
Lavinia Sunderland 31 Sister; single; father born in England
1910:
Thomas T.
Sunderland 44 Building contractor; divorced; father
born in
Mary Sunderland 47 Sister; single; own income
Lavinia P. Sunderland 45 Sister; single; own income
They were the
children of John F. Sunderland and Margaret Beckley.
1912, Aug. 21:
Death of Thomas Tasker Sunderland, 47 years old
1926, Mar. 6: Death of Lavinia P. Sunderland, 65 years old
1930:
Earl R. Walton 38 Federal officer, U. S. government;
married at age 19; born in N.J., father born in Mass.; renting for $100 per
month
Ella M. Walton 36 Married at age 17
Robert Walton 18 File
clerk in a law office
Earl Walton 16 Shipping
clerk
Harold O. Walton 14
James H. Walton
7
Hebert R. Walton
5
George Hendricks 21 Brother-in-law;
clerk for chemical laboratories; mother born in
Earl Walton and Ella M. Hendricks
were married Nov. 17, 1910 in Delaware.
Harold Walton married Viola M. Ross in 1940. They lived with her parents at 3906 Parish
St.
1942 Draft Registration: Earl Robert Walton. He was born in Camden, N.J. and was employed
by the National Publishing Co., 239 S. American St., Philadelphia.
Thomas William Tavener, chauffeur, employer:
Edwin Fleisher, 1616 Walnut St.
In 1950, he and his wife
lived at 3203
Pearl St. They immigrated from England.
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Revised 7/16/2022