3511 Lancaster
Avenue
The
1878 Scott atlas shows a single house that is not the full width of the lot.
“Circa
1885, three-story, two-register brick rowhouse with stone arched lintels and stone
sills. Original double bracketed wood cornice intact. First floor converted
into shopfront cica 1920.” (Inventory of Buildings in Powelton from the application
submitted to the National Register of Historic Places, 1985)
The
History
1877-1880
Directories: Frederick Arnold, lager at 3513 & 3511 Lancaster
The
1875 directory lists him as a copper at 3140 Market St., but does not give a
home address. The 1874 directory lists
his business at 3910 & 3912 Lancaster and him living at 3912 Lancaster.
1880:
Frederick Arnold 38 Cooper
[barrel maker]; born in Württemberg
Catharine Arnold 38 Born in
Württemberg
Lewis J. Arnold 12
Charles Arnold 10
Frederick Arnold
7
Viola Burnett 17 Step-daughter; born in N.J., father
born in Württemberg, mother in Va.
Blanch Weston 18 Boarder; actress; born in N.Y.
Viola
Burnett was the daughter of Thresa Catharine Bosshardt
and Thomas Wesley Burnett who died in January 1863 at age 26. They had married in 1862. Catharine Burnett married Frederick Arnold
July 23, 1867. At that time, he was a
baker.
1881
Directory: John Ryan, barber
Atmore Smith, clerk
1886
Directory: Job G. Milton, tools
1887
Directory: John P. Hunter organ builder at 3523 Rockland
1888
Directory: John P. Hunter, organ maker at 3523 Rockland
John R. Hunter, organ maker
1890:
Reconstructed from 1900 Census
John P. Hunter 50 Organ builder
Martha W. Hunter 41 Married 16
years, 2 children, one surviving
John R. Hunter 24
Organ builder
Laura M. Hunter 21
Grace Hunter
16
Newton H. Hunter 15 Organ builder
John
P. Hunter married Matilda F. Rutter in 1866 at the Nazareth Methodist Episcopal
Church in Philadelphia. She died in 1876
when they were living at 324 Budd St. He
then married Martha V. (Williams) Ross whose husband, David P. Ross died in
1881. In 1900, the Hunter family lived
at 810 N. 38th St. Newton died in 1901
at age 28.
The
1900 census also lists Martha’s mother, Grace A. Williams, who was 74. She was listed as John Hunter’s mother-in-law
who had 8 children, 4 of whom were surviving.
Grace Ann Sellers married Richard J. Williams in 1845. He died in 1895 when they were living at 3821
Fairmount Ave.
1891
Directory: Walter R. Ross plumber at 3515 & 3511 Lancaster
Harry P. Ross, usher
John P. Hunter, organ maker
John R. Hunter, organ maker
Newton H. Hunter, organ maker
1895
Directory: John J. Steck, barber
Walter Wade, clerk
In
1900, John Steck (age 33) was living over his barber
shop at 3614 Lancaster Ave. He and his
wife, Cecelia R. Steck (34), had been married 12
years and four children ages 4 months to 11 years. John’s brother, Harry J. Steck
(21), lived with them. He was an
electrician.
1900:
George R. Markward 44 Patrolman; renting
Mary J. Markward 42 Married 23 years, 4 children
William H. Markward 21 Tin roofer
George T. Markward 19 Carpenter
Frank S. Markward 17 Printer
Susan R. Markward 16
Charles A. Gallen 17 Boarder; clerk at Wanamaker’s
Archibald MacNeil 66 Boarder [father-in-law]; house
carpenter; widowed
George
was the son of Samuel A. and Mary Markward. George Markward and
Mary McNeil were married in 1877. In
1880, they lived at 3701 Centre St. in Mantua.
In 1910, George, Mary, and William lived at 3430 Warren St. George was a house painter and William was
driving an ice wagon. In 1920, George
was widowed and living as a boarder at 4066 Powelton Ave.
Samuel
Markward was listed in the directories for 1862 and
1863 living on Lancaster Ave. near N. 32nd St.
In 1860, they had six sons and four daughters. The 1868 directory lists them at 3605
Haverford Ave., Mantua. He died in 1878
when they were living at 3939 Rockland in Mantua.
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