3426 Powelton Avenue
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 ~Jo6r 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
1898 Directory: H.
Haines Samuel, salesman
1900:
Samuel H. Haines 45 Wholesale grocer; born in N.J.; renting
Theresa S. Haines 36 Married 7
years; mother born in Missouri
Mary E. Brown 58 Sister;
widowed; born in N.J.
Sarah S. Haines 54 Sister;
single; born in N.J.
George S. Brown 17 Nephew;
stenographer; born in N.J.
Eliza W. Gay 32 Servant;
married 4 years; father born in England, mother in Ireland
1902, June 29: Death of Samuel H. Haines, 53
years old, burial at West Laurel Hill Cemetery
In 1910, the Haines and Brown
families lived at 3420 Powelton Ave.
1920:
Albert P. Brubaker 69 Professor at medical college; renting
for $110 per month
Edith Brubaker 63 Mother born
in Md.
Mary Dunn 50
Servant; born in N.Y., parents born
in Ireland
Earlier,
they lived at 105 N. 34th St. (See a
younger photo of him there.)
Albert Philson
Brubaker, M.D. (1852-1943)
“BRUBAKER, Albert Philson:
Physician, physiologist ; born at
Somerset, Pa., Aug. 12, 1852 ; son of Henry Brubaker and Emeline Philson
Brubaker. After completing his studies in the schools of his native place he
entered Jefferson Medical College from which he was graduated as M. D. in 1874;
and later the degree of A. M. was conferred upon him by Franklin and Marshall
College. Dr. Brubaker married in Philadelphia, Sept. 27, 1883, Edith B.
Needles. He engaged for several years in the practice of medicine in
Philadelphia after his graduation; was appointed demonstrator of physiology in
Jefferson Medical College, 1880; has been professor of physiology in the
Pennsylvania College of Dental Surgery since 1885; lecturer on anatomy and
physiology in Drexel Institute since 1893 and adjunct professor of physiology
and hygiene in Jefferson Medical College from 1896 to 1904, when he was elected
to the full professorship. Dr. Brubaker
is author of a Compend [sic.] of
Physiology and Text-Book of Human Physiology, as well as numerous professional
papers and contributions to medical journals. He is a member of the College of
Physicians of Philadelphia, the Academy of Natural Sciences, the American
Physiological Society and the American Philosophical Society.”
(Who’s
Who in Pennsylvania, 1908)
Edith Brubaker was the daughter of
Caleb and Annie Needles. He was a druggist. Albert and Edith were married in
1883 and lived with her parents at 1200 Race St. for several years. Edith
studied biology at the University of Pennsylvania in 1891-‘92. Later, she was
involved in several organizations such as the New Century Club and the Visiting
Nurses Association.
For an interesting story about one
of his experiments, see the Powelton History Blog.
1921, July 15: Death of Lisbeth Canning;
Funeral services at residence of Dr. Albert P. Brubaker
1930:
Albert P. Brubaker 77 Married at age 32; renting for $110 per
month
Edith N. Brubaker 73 Married at age
27; mother born in Md.
Sarah E. Joyce 72 Married
at age 27
Myrtle Wood 39 Servant
Sarah
Emma Joyce She was the daughter of Henry Brubaker and Emeline Philson. She was
born in Somerset Co., Pa. in 1857. She had 8 years of schooling. She married
William Frederick Joyce in 1893. They had one child, Albert Brubaker Joyce, who
died in 1901 at age 5. In 1910, she lived with her brother and his family at 105 N.
34th St. The 1920 census lists her as Matron of a dormitory at 3424
Powelton Ave. She was widowed and. In 1940, thy lived at 109 N.
34th St. She died there in 1941.
1932, Mar. 14: Death of Edith (Needles)
Brubaker, 75 years old
About
1934, Alfred Brubaker moved to 109 N.
34th St. along with his sisters Sarah Joyce and Ann Phillips,
and a niece, Anna Phillips. He died there in 1943.
1950 Directory: Helen A. Fitzgerald
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