3419 Race Street

 

The History of the Building

 

3419-21: “two-and-one-half story Second Empire style double house with stone facade, original wood porch first floor full height windows, and mansard with patterned polychromatic slate shingles.. Cornice below mansard has elaborately carved wood frieze and soffit. Wood mansard dormers incised and carved.”

(Inventory of Buildings in Powelton from the application submitted to the National Register of Historic Places, 1985)

 

Previous Residents of 3419 Race Street

1880:

Henry Houghton         50        Button manufacturer; born in England

Emma Houghton         50        Born in England

Margaret Danphy         35        Servant; born in Ireland

Catharine Danphy        37        Servant; born in Ireland

1898 Blue Book: Edward Hitzeroth

                           Mr. & Mrs. J.C. Hitzeroth

 

1900:

J. C. Hitzeroth             69        Iron manufacturer; born in Germany; owner, free of a mortgage

Anna Hitzeroth           48        Married 6 years, 9 children, 3 surviving; born in Switzerland

Edward Hitzeroth        30        Assistant superintendent for iron manufacturer

Emma Hitzeroth         27

Hulda Zanzig               38        Servant; born in Germany

            In 1880, Chris Hitzeroth and family lived at 4207 Chestnut St. He listed his occupation as “iron foundry.”  He was born in Austria and his wife, Eliza, was born in Germany.

 

1906 Blue Book: Edward Hitzeroth

                           Mr. & Mrs. J.C. Hitzeroth and daughter

            “Lieutenant Thomas B. W. Fales, of Philadelphia, now became commander of the little band, as the only officer left with the main body of the company. Lieutenants Edward Hitzeroth, also of Philadelphia, and Walter L. Swarts, of Scranton, had disappeared, prisoners in the hands of the Germans”

(The Iron Division National Guard of Pennsylvania in the World War. H. G. Proctor. 1919.)

 

1920:

Edward Hitzeroth        50        Clerk for an umbrella manufacturing co.; father born in Germany

Helen J. Hitzeroth       47        Father born in Ireland

 

1930:

Edward Hitzeroth        60        Purchasing agent for umbrella factory; father born in Germany; owner, house valued at $14,000

Helen Hitzeroth           54        Married at age 31; parents born in N. Ireland

—next household

Edward E. Daniell       44        [Occupation illegible]; born in Michigan, father born in Irish Free State, mother in Missouri; renting for $55 per month

—next household

Helen H. Bowers         46        Bookkeeper for seafood co.; married at age 35; renting for $45 per month

            Helen Bowers was married to Daniel A. Bowers. In 1930, he was living at 430 N. 34th St. In 1920, they lived at 3919 Fairmount Ave.

 

1950:

Edward Hitznoth         80        Purchasing agent for steel and wire co.; widowed

Anna H. Mallette         82        Sister; widowed; parents born in Germany; 12 years of schooling

 _ 2nd Hh.

Edward E. Daniel        65        Christian Science practitioner; born in Michigan; single

_ 3rd Hh.

Norma E. Smith          52        Supervisor for telegraph co.; single; born in Virginia

            Note: place of birth of parents and education only available for every fifth individual.

 

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Revised: 7/4/2022

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