3624 Powelton Avenue
The
History of the Building
3618-26: “five, two-and-one-half story, two-register mansarded brick rowhouse. Some have their original double
wood and. glass paneled doors and/or their wood porches. 3618 has a projecting
first floor bay. Each house has two dormers projecting from the mansarded roof; except for 3618, all mansards have original
slate shingles.”
(Inventory of
Buildings in Powelton from the application submitted to the National Register of Historic
Places, 1985)
Previous Residents of
3624 Powelton Avenue
1873
Directory: Eustice Sanguinetti, clerk
Percy A. Sanguinetti, draughtsman at 17 S.
18th St.
This
was the address for George C. Howard. The 1875 directory lists him as a
supplier of perforating and punching machines. The 1868 directory lists him
under steam engine builders and under hoisting machines. The Sanguinetti
brothers moved around a lot. The 1874 directory lists Percy A. and E[dward] Eustace Sanguinetti were living at 3845 Warren St. Edward
was a salesman at 3531 Lancaster Ave. which was a grocery store. They were born
in Jamaica where the family was part of the community of Sephardic Jews. Percy
A. Sanguinetti (1844-1910) listed in the 1871 Census of England living in
Chatham, Kent. He was a 26-year-old, single fitter at the dockyard. The
brothers and their siblings all came to Philadelphia. Later directories list
Percy at several different addresses. He and his family ended up in Brooklyn
where he died in 1910. Edward E. became a grocer and butcher and died in
Philadelphia in 1909.
1880:
Alexander Earl 42 House
painter
Anna M. Earl 37
Charles Shoemaker
24 Boarder;
Clerk in glass works; father born in Germany
1881 Directory: Alexander D. Earl, painter
Charles T. Shoemaker, bookkeeper
Charles Shoemaker, clerk
1887 Directory: Alexander D. Earl, painter at 3601 Lancaster
Harry Riley, inspector
Mary Riley, widow of Owen
Sarah Riley, dressmaker
1894, Jan. 26: Death of Alexander Earl, 56 years old. He was
buried at the Woodland Cemetery Vault.
1895 Directory: Alexander D. Earl, painter
1897, Dec. 23: Death of Annie M. Earl, 55 years old. She was
buried in the Norristown City Cemetery.
1899 Ministerial Directory
of the Baptist Churches: “Harris, William Theophilus, 3624 Powelton Ave.,
Philadelphia, Pa. – Born Philadelphia, Pa., Buck U., Pa., B. A., 1895; Lic. ’90, Ord. Sept. ’95. Frankford Ch., Philadelphia, Pa.,
P. Angora Ch., Philadelphia, ’95-’96; Powelton Ave. Ch. [3608-16 Powelton Ave.] Philadelphia, Pa., ’96--.”
In 1900, he lived at 3736 Powelton
Ave. with his wife and three young children. He was 27 years old.
1910:
Sarah P. Speel 65 Widowed; 6 children, 4 surviving; father
born in England, mother in Maryland; owner with a mortgage
Henry W. Speel 38 Clerk for an insurance company
Martha Speel 34 Teacher in public school
1911 Directory: Henry W. Speel, clerk
Sarah Speel, widow
of Charles C.
Charles C. Speel died in Philadelphia, Jan. 30, 1903. He was born about
1845.They were living at 811 N. 20th St.
1912, June 4: Marriage of Lillian Amanda Allsbach
of Long Beach, Calif. to Henry William Speel. Her
parents were deceased.
1920:
Anna M. Williams 58 Masseuse
for a private family; widowed; born in Ireland, immigrated 1876, father born in
Scotland, mother in Ireland
Annie M. Sterling
74 Lodger;
housekeeper for a private family; widowed; parents born in Ireland
Ellen A. Campbell
70 Lodger;
seamstress; single; parents born in Ireland
-- 2nd
Household
Franlefin Bryamen 20 Automobile
salesman; parents born in Russia “Jewish” speaking
Ruth Braymen 21
Clifton H.
Johnston 20 Lodger; clerk in automobile store; born in Maryland
Harry H. Simpson 20 Lodger;
student; born in Maryland
In 1910, Anna Williams lived at 3832
Baring St. with her son Edward. He was 23 years old and a clerk for a railroad.
She had had four other children, one of whom was deceased. Anna Sterling and
her husband Samuel A. Sterling were boarders in the same house. He was a 62 year-old teamster and rigger. They only had one child,
Edward A. Sterling.
Ellen A. Campbell was Ann Sterling’s
sister.
1921, Oct. 15: Death of Ellen A. Campbell. Funeral from the
residence of Mrs. Anna M. Williams, 3624 Powelton Ave. Mass at St. Agatha's
Church, 38th & Spring Garden.
1930:
David Pratt 53 Church sexton; born in Scotland, immigrated in 1910; married
at age 25; owner, house valued at $8,000
Margaret Pratt 51 Born
in Scotland, immigrated in 1910; married at age 23
Joseph Pratt 23 Office clerk for steam railroad; born in Scotland, immigrated
in 1910
Eleanor Pratt 22 Daughter-in-law; born in Conn.; married at age 19
Betty Jane Pratt 2 yrs., 6 mons. Granddaughter
Margaret Pratt 17 Office
clerk for a laundry; born in Scotland, immigrated in 1910
David Pratt, Jr. 15
David Pratt, Sr.’s WWI draft
registration form lists his birth date as Oct. 19, 1876. He was living at 419
Budd St. He was the sexton for the Northminster
Presbyterian Church. He was 5’7” tall with brown eyes and dark brown hair.
David Pratt, Jr. was baptized Feb.
28, 1915 at the Church of the Savior, Episcopal. He
was born January 17, 1915.
1937, Feb. 28: Death of David Pratt, 60 years old, of 3624
Powelton Ave. He died from arterial sclerosis and was buried at Arlington
Cemetery, Drexel Hill, Pa. (Records of the Church of the Savior (Protestant
Episcopal), 38th and Chestnut Streets.)
Margaret Pratt died Sept. 11, 1959.
1937, Dec. 3: Death of Frank William Schaffer, Jr., 2 years old,
of 3624 Powelton Ave. He died from cerebral stenosis and was buried at
Arlington Cemetery, Drexel Hill, Pa. (Records of the Church of the Savior
(Protestant Episcopal), 38th and Chestnut Streets)
1940:
Margaret
Pratt 61 Widowed; born in Scotland; 8 years of
school; owner, house valued at $3,000
Margaret
Schaeffer 27 Daughter; 2 years of high school
Frank Schaeffer 26 Son-in-law;
salesman for engineering co.; 8 years of school
David Pratt 25 Son; salesman for McLans
[?] Ligraph Co.; 4 years of college
Helen Schaeffer
[Pratt?] 10 Granddaughter; 5 years of
school
Margaret
Schaeffer 11 months Granddaughter
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