The
History of the Building
3404-3418:
“'Circa 1875,
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 rownstone 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
1878 Scott Atlas shows double lot owned by Helen A. Matthews
1880:
Charles B. Grant 28 Wholesale lumber
Helen Grant 32
Henry Grant 7 months
Jane Story 50 Servant; born in
Charles Bradford Grant married Helen Marie Stevenson
about 1878. In 1870, she lived with her parents, William
and Nancy Stevenson at 3508 Baring St.
Note: Charles’s brother, George M.
Grant, lived next door at 3418 Powelton Ave.
1887 Directory: Crowell, Elisha, clerk
1890 Directory: Crowell Elisha, Clerk
James M. Crowell, Rev. & V. Pres.
1898 Blue Book: Mr. & Mrs. John B. Creagh
The Misses Creagh
1900:
John B. Creagh 52 Cigar manufacturer;
born in Cuba, Dec. 1847; owns free of mortgage
Catherine H. Creagh 47 Married 27 years,
3 children; parents born in Ireland
Carmita Creagh 24 born Oct.1875
Elena C. Creagh 20 born June,
1879
Mercedes Creagh 15 born Oct.
1884
Marg J. Gould 37 Servant;
black; born in N.C., June, 1862
1901, Dec. 26: Death of Maria Del Carmen (Carmita) Creagh
1902, Sep. 6: Death of Catherine Mansfield of
3416 Powelton Ave.
She
was the widow of Thomas Mansfield and daughter of Michael McCluskey.
1909, Apr. 29: Death of Catherine (Mansfield)
Creagh. A solemn requiem mass was heard at St. Agatha’s Church.
1910:
John B. Creagh 61 Manager in paints and oils industry;
born in
Eleona C. Creagh 27
Maria M. Creagh 43 [sic.]
Victorine R. Davis 43 Boarder;
saleslady in department store; married at 21, four children
Elizabeth A. Robbins 44 Housework
for private family; born in
In 1917, John Baptist Creagh
registered with the U.S. Consulate in Havana, Cuba as a naturalized citizen. He
had moved to Havana as a manager for the N. Z. Graves Corp. He listed his legal
residence in the U.S. as 1328 Chestnut St. where his daughter, Elena, was
living. He stated that his other two daughters were deceased.
1917: George M. Heinitsh. Grad. Of
Cornell U. 1915 C. E. Maintenance of Way Department of PA. Railroad. Cornell Alumni News.)
1920: This
census was conducted in January. This house was apparently empty at that time.
However, we have the following listing of students at the Univ. of
Pennsylvania, School of Medicine who were living here.
Third Year
Class Home Town
Cooper, David Alexander, B.S. Henderson, N.C.
Folsom, Theodore Winslow Florence, Ala.
Hunter, Harry Grimmett, A.B. Hendersonville,
N.C.
Fourth Years
Class
Johnson, George, B.S. (N.C.)
Lyday, Russell Osborne Brevard, N.C.
In 1930, Lyday
was living in
(Catalogue of the
1930:
Elizabeth D. Hiltner 64 Rents, $100/mon.; father born in
Madeline F. Hiltner
35 Daughter-in-law;
parents born in
Robert L. Hiltner
35 Son;
pressman in publishing; married at age 31
Victor Sanderson 68 Lodger; steel
worker; born in
Frank H. Lytle 76 Lodger;
no occupation
Harry C. Lytle 71 Lodger;
salesman for a printing house
In 1910, the Hiltner
family lived at 605 N. 32nd St. Elizabeth (Bessie) McCoy was married
to Calvin Saylor Hiltner (age 52), a hotel proprietor.
Victor Sanderson was listed as a lodger with them. Robert Lancelot Hiltner was baptized at Old St. Paul’s Church (Catholic) in
Philadelphia. He later used Lee as his middle name. Calvin died Oct. 19, 1917 when they were living at 3729 Brown St. In 1920,
Elizabeth and Robert were living at 304 N. 35th
St. In 1930, Robert and Madeline lived at 3416
Hamilton St. Madeline F. (Healis) Hiltner was apparently divorced from George P. Moore. Elizabeth
Hiltner died at their house in 1937. They had three
children. In 1940, Elizabeth’s daughter, Elizabeth Effen,
was living with his husband and five children at 3602
Powelton Ave.
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