3507 Lancaster
Avenue
The
1872 G.M. Hopkins atlas shows a single house on the lot. The 1878 Scott atlas shows the row of house
that are there today.
3507-3509
Lancaster “three-story, brick double with stone arched lintels .and ō€†¨tone sills. Each house
has two registers. Original double bracketed wood cornice intact.” (Inventory of Buildings in Powelton from the application
submitted to the National Register of Historic Places, 1985)
The
History
1866
Directory: John Sturgis, carpenter, h Lancaster near N. 35th St.
John
Sturgis, Jr., carpenter
1867
Directory: Charles Cole, butcher at 145 Western market
John Sturgis, carpenter
1868
Directory: Henry Burger, carpenter
1867,
Mar. 29: Title for 3505-3509 Lancaster St. transferred to Christian S. Ebersole
by John Sturges
1870
& 1871 Directories: Jacob H. Fehl, salesman at 3505 & 3507 Lancaster
Ave.
1870
Directory: Dennis Muldowney, laborer
1870:
Jacob H. Fehl 52 Clerk in a grocery store; parents
foreign-born
Eliza Fehl 47
— 2nd Household
Dennis Muldowney 30 Laborer; personal property: $300; born
in Ireland; cannot read or write
Amelia Muldowney 26 Born in Ireland; cannot read or write
Mary Muldowney 4
Dennis Muldowney 2
James Basqual 17 Laborer; born in Ireland; cannot read
or write
Patrick Dounez 28
Laborer; born in Ireland; cannot
read or write
John Golden 24
Laborer; born in Ireland; can read
cannot write
Jeremiah Comb
30 Laborer; born in Ireland; cannot read or
write
—3rd Household
Bridget O’Melia 35 Born
in Ireland; can read cannot write
Mary O’Melia 19 Born in Ireland; can read cannot write
(ED 77, 7)
The
1873 directory lists Jacob Fehl living at 3519 Lancaster Ave. but continuing to
work here.
The
1877 directory lists Dennis Muldowney living at Markoe near Huron.
Bridget
O’Melia was listed in the second enumeration of the 1870 census (November) as “Muldowney.” In the 1877 and 1878 directories [see below]
she was listed at 3509 Lancaster as “Muldooney” and as “O’Malley.” In 1880, she was again listed as “Omelia.” Her daughter was listed as Mary Lavin,
although the last name appears to be crossed out. [This may also be a granddaughter as the age
is crossed out as well.] They were
living at 180 N. Sloan St. Bridget was
listed as a seamstress, although she had been unemployed for six months in the
previous year. A genealogy lists her as
the widow of James O’Mealy, although no source is listed.
1873
Directory: James Baskell, laborer, home: 3507 rear
Dennis Muldowney, laborer, home: 3507 rear
1878
Directory: George W. Wester, plumber
1880:
Daniel J. Murphy 29 Drover; parents born in Ireland
Mary A. Murphy 23 Father
born in Ireland
John Mc. A. Murphy 4
Mary C. Murphy 1
Bella Furgueson
21 Servant; born in Illinois, parents born
in N.Y.
(ED 487, 7)
1881
Directory: Daniel J. Murphy, drover at 70 Philadelphia Stock Yard
1883
Directory: William D. Shuster, telegraph operator
1891
Directory: Harry V. Shuster, telegraph operator
William D. Shuster, telegraph operator
1900
Directory: George W. Shuster, clerk
Harry V. Shuster, operator
William D. Shuster, sand
1909
Directory: Esther Souders, dressmaker
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Revised 4/13/2018
