3420 Powelton Avenue

 

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3420-3432 Powelton Ave.

 

The History of the Building

 

3420-3432 were built by James & Charles A. Maguire along with five houses around the corner on 35th St. They were predicted to cost $100,000. (Phila. Builders Guide, Mar. 20, 1895) They were purchased by Frederick A. Poth (216 N. 33rd St.) in February 1896 (Phila. Builders’ Guide, Feb. 15, 1896) “Messrs. Maguire recently completed a large block of handsome houses at Thirty-fifth Street and Powelton Avenue, all of which were sold to F. A. Poth, the sale representing an investment of over $300,000.” (Phila. Builders’ Guide, Feb. 26, 1896)

 

3420-3432: “three-story rowhouses, built as a single row; rusticated stone basements; Pompeiian brick facades. Single porch supported by wood Tuscan columns extends across front of all seven houses. Each house has paired windows, repetition interrupted at second floor by alternating projecting bays and tripartite windows topped by terra cotta panels; most have tall gables with cast terra cotta ornament; 3422 and 3430 have Dutch gables; a mansarded roof with red pantiles extends between each gable.”

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

 

Previous Residents

 

1896, Oct. 6: Marriage of Adelaide Lotta Bragg to David Allison Carrick

            “One of the largest of the autumn weddings took place last night at St. Matthias’ Church, Nineteenth and Wallace streets. The bride was Miss Adelaide L. Bragg, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles A. Bragg, and the groom David Allison Carrick. Rev. Dr. Miller performed the ceremony. The gowns of the bride and her attendants were extremely pretty and the scene in the church with its charming decorations was beautiful. Miss Huber was maid of honor, and the bridesmaids were Miss E. M. Carrick, Miss Hancock, Miss Agnew Miss Taggart and Miss Serrill. The best man was J. Leslie Rodgers, and the ushers were John B. Serrill, Frank C. Eckfeldt, T. Ellis Barnes, E. H. Rodgers, W. J. Hibbs and Luther Martin 3d.

            “A large reception followed at the home of the newly married couple, 3420 Powelton avenue. Mr. and Mrs. Carrick will receive on Thursdays, December 3 and 10.”  (Inquirer, Oct. 7)

 

1900:

Charles A. Bragg          50        Manager of electric co.; born in Missouri; renting

Emily W. Bragg           46        Married 27 years, 1 child; born in Missouri, parents born in Pa.

Adelaide Carrick          24        Daughter; born in Missouri; married 3 years, no children

Charles Golden            21        Waiter; black; born in Va.

Lydia A. Woods           23        Servant; black; born in Va.

Julia Garrison               20        Servant; black; born in Md., parents born in Va.

            Charles A. Bragg died in 1906 when he lived at 4111 Locust St. He was buried at Woodlands Cemetery. In 1906, Adelaide married Hamilton Disston Gillespie. In 1916, she was living in London and divorced from Gillespie. She died there in Norwich, England 1943.

 

1905: Haines Theresa, widow of Samuel S.

 

1910:

Theresa S. Haines        46        Widowed; renting

Mary E. Brown            61        Sister-in-law; widowed; born in N.J.

Ella S. Haines              64        Sister-in-law; born in N.J.

George S. Brown         28        Nephew; bank cashier; born in N.J.

Kasy L. Mollock          32        Servant, chambermaid; black; widowed; born in Va.

Berry Mills                   23        Servant, cook; black; single; born in Va.

            In 1900, the Haines and Brown families lived at 3426 Powelton Ave. with Theresa’s husband, Samuel H. Haines, who died in 1902.

 

1920:

Orlando W. Wells        41        Assistant secretary of an asphalt co., born in N.Y.;

Mae Wells                    34        Born in Ga., father born in France, mother in Spain

William D. Wells          17

Francis D. Wells          13

Mildred M. Wells           8

George Cox                 32        Lodger; college professor; single; born in S.C.

George C. Weaver       35        Lodger; accountant

William McArdle         26        Lodger; automobile salesman; single; born in N.Y., father born in Vt., mother in N.Y.

Arthur McKeough       30        Lodger; lawyer; single; born in N.Y.

Kenzie Cecil                42        Lodger; bank examiner for U. S. treasury; single; born in Kentucky

            Orlando Wells and Mary Jane “Mae” (Benning) Deamish were married in 1905 in Philadelphia. It was her second marriage.  William was her son by her previous marriage. In 1910, they lived at 1258 N. 56th St.

            In 1940, Kenzie B. Cecil was living in Wilmington, Del. in the DuPont Hotel. He had returned to Kentucky by 1942.

 

1930:

Anna B. Phillips           63        Widowed; hostess at university; renting for $125

            In 1940, she lived with her brother and sister, Albert P. Brubaker and Sarah B. Joyce, and her daughter, Anna A. Phillips at 109 N. 34th St.

 

1960: Kay Tatnall was in charge of the newsletter for Powelton Neighbors.

 

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