The
History of the Building
3718-3720:
“two-and-one-half
story Second Empire style doubles, stone facade over brick. Same builder as
north side of street. Victorian wood porch across front; four dormers in
slate-shingled mansard.”
(Inventory of
Buildings in Powelton from the application submitted to the National Register of Historic
Places, 1985)
Previous Residents of
1877 Directory: Hershey Harriet, Boarding
1880 Directory: West W. Nelson, city solicitor at 231 S.
6th St. & lawyer at 623 Walnut St.
1880:
W. Nelson West 37 Attorney at
law
Mary West 33 Father born in
William L. West 9
Marguerite Kelly 27 Servant;
parents born in
Mary West was the daughter of
William J. Loflin and Sydney Pennell. William Nelson Loflin West was baptized at the Christ Methodist Episcopal
Church, Philadelphia. He was born March
19, 1871. He became attorney.
1890 Directory: W. Nelson, West Girard Bldg. & v-pres Commonwealth Title Insurance Trust & Safe Deposit
Co.
1896 Blue Book: Mrs. W. Nelson West
W[illiam] Nelson
L. West
1900:
Mary L. West 55 Widowed,
2 children; father born in
Emma L. Zieber 42 Sister;
widowed, 1 child
Edwin P. West 17 Son; in
school
In 1910, Mary West and her son,
Irwin, and Emma Zieber and her son, Eugene Ray Zieber, lived in Lower Merion. Eugene was an undergraduate at
Haverford. She died in 1924 in Wynnwood, Pa.
Emma S. Loflin
married Eugene Zieber in 1886. He committed suicide in June 1897 at age
39. He had apparently become deranged
after falling off of a railroad train in April (Inquirer, June 7, 1897).
They lived in Wayne.
1906 Blue Book: Mrs. Mary L. West
1914 Directory: Michael M. Sullivan Morgan & Sullivan
(Michael M. Sullivan and Paul Connelly), auctioneers at 3720 Market St.
In 1900 and 1910, they lived next
door at 3720 Hamilton St.
1918 Draft Card: Patrick Joseph Hayes, born April, 1876,
locomotive engineer for PRR, wife Josephine V. Hayes
1920:
Michael M. Sullivan 65 Horse dealer; born in
Elizabeth Sullivan 61 Born in
Elizabeth
Sullivan 25
Patrick J. Hayes 40 Son-in-law;
born in Ireland, immigrated in 1897, became a citizen in 1904; railroad
locomotive engineer
Josephine Hayes 32 Daughter
Elizabeth Hayes 5 years exactly
Marion Hayes 3 years, 1 month
Cecilia Muller 15 Servant;
parents born in Ireland
In
1880, they lived at 612 Market St. Elizabeth’s maiden name was Cantwell.
1927 Directory: Mrs. P. Hayes
Mrs. M. Sullivan
1927, Dec. 24: Death of Michael Sullivan, 70 years old
1928, Apr. 1: Death of Elizabeth Sullivan, 69 years old
1930:
Patrick Hayes 50 Engineer for steam railroad; Married at age 25; owner, house
valued at $7,000
Josephine Hayes 42 Married at age 23
Elizabeth Hayes 14
Marion Hayes 11
1940:
Patrick Hayes 64 Born
in Erie (Ireland); 8 years of education; owner, house valued at $5,000
Josephine Hayes 51 First married at age 23; 8 years of education
Elizabeth Hayes 25 Clerk for railroad, worked 100 house
last week, no income in 1939; 4 years of high school
Marion Hayes 23 Saleslady in department store, worked 12
hours in past week, no income in 1939; 4 years of high
school
Isabelle Douglas 60 Lodger; widowed; born in Scotland; 8
years of education
Fred Douglas 39 Lodger; single; born in Scotland; 4
years of high school
1949, Dec.
20: Death of Patrick J. Hayes, 73 years old, of 3718 Hamilton St.
Josephine
Hayes died in 1964. She was living in Lansdowne, Delaware Co.
1968 Directory: Bakeman
J. W., 3rd floor
Freeman B.
2000: Purchased by Florence Barber
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