3502: “Circa
1920, two-and-one-half story brick commercial building with flat roof and large
multi-light shop front windows. -- Contributing.”
(Inventory of
Buildings in Powelton from the application submitted to the National Register of Historic
Places, 1985)
Previous Residents
of 3502 Race Street
1867 Directory: John S. McIlvaine, clerk
1870 Directory: John S. McIlvaine, bookkeeper at 419 Chestnut St.
1870:
John [S.] Mcilvaine 34 Bank clerk; real estate: $4,500,
personal property: $800
Mary F. McIlvaine 29
Nelly [B.] McIlvaine 8
George [D.] McIlvaine 7 months
Kate Taylor 22 Domestic servant; born in N.Y.
George
Stauffer McIlvaine was the son of George Duffield McIlvaine and Sarah Stauffer.
He married Mary F. Culbertson in 1861. In 1880, they lived in Chambersburg,
Franklin Co. where he was assistant manager of a bank. [Note: he is not closely
related to the other McIlvain and McIlvaine families in Powelton.]
1880:
Frank R. Tobey 31 Purchasing
agent; parents born in Mass.
Laura H. Tobey 33 Sister;
born in
Anna Coffey 26
Servant; born in Ireland
Frank Tobey was the purchasing agent
for the Allison Manufacturing Co. Allison was the first company to produced
passenger railway cars. However, they ceased production of passenger cars in
1866 and focused on freight cars. They also produced a wide range of other
items such as piping and furnace flus. Tobey became President of Allison in
1891. Frank and his sister, Laura, were active in the Unitarian Church.
For more on Frank Tobey, see the Powelton
History Blog.
1887: Frank R. Tobey, purchasing agent, S 33d [sic 32nd] corner
Walnut, h 3502 Race
By 1889, Frank and Laura had moved
to 3403 Chestnut St. Neither of them ever married.
1900:
Edward M. Mullen 36 Dry
goods salesman; mother born in Ireland; renting
Mary L. Mullen 35 Married
12 years, 2 children
Edith L. Mullen 7
Edward grew up at 14 S. 33rd
St. His father worked at the “railroad car building” (probably J. G. Brill Co.
or Allison Manufacturing Co.).
The 1895 Directory lists him at 3433 Lancaster Ave. He was running a laundry
at 3624 Lancaster Ave.
In 1910, they lived at 5035 Walnut
St. Mary’s mother, Martha E. Duncan, lived with them. In 1920, they lived in
Lansdowne, Delaware Co.
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