3428 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
1900:
Emma Leeds 59 Widowed, 12 children, 7 surviving;
renting
Kate L. Rhodes 32 Widowed
J. Allen Leeds 35 Clerk
Horace W. Leeds 23
H. Raymond Leeds 20
Augustus Moyer 32 Son-in-law
Jennie H. Moyer 26 Married 4 years, no children
Alma Swanson 38 Cook; born in Sweden
Hilda Johnson 38 Servant; born in Sweden
Emma was the widow of
William R. Leeds. In 1880, they lived at 242 N. 11th St. Kate Rhodes
was the widow of Courtland Rhodes.
1910:
Emma M. Leeds 72 Own income; widowed; 11 children. 7
surviving; parents born in Germany; renting
Katy L. Leeds [Rhodes] 48
Daughter; widowed; 11 children. 7
surviving
Annie D. Leeds [Rhodes] 45 Daughter; widowed
John A. Leeds 42 Secretary for life insurance co.
Horace W. Leeds 34 Lawyer in general practice
Henry R. Leeds 30 Bank teller
Jennie L. Moyer 36 Daughter; divorced
Kate and Annie were the
widows of brothers Courtland and Frank H. Rhodes. At the time of Courland’s
death on June 12, 1897, he and Kate were living at 1857 N. 7th St. In
1900, Annie and Frank lived at 208 N. 36th St.
In 1920, Katy and Annie lived at
3312 Hamilton St.
Jane
“Jennie” (Leeds) Moyer married Walter A. Munns in Philadelphia in 1916. He was
divorced from Sarah Josephine Hansbury. In 1910, they
lived in Lansdowne, Delaware Co., Pa. with two children. In 1920, they lived in
the new Sunderland Apartments across Powelton Ave. In
1940, Jennie and Walter lived at 4260 Chestnut St. apartment A4. She died in 1953
when they were living there.
1916, Nov. 15: Death
of J. Allen Leeds, 47 years old, son of the late William R. and Emma M. Leeds.
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