3739 Lancaster
Avenue
The 1872 Atlas
shows this block as the site of the J. H. McIlvain Lumber Yard.
“This entire
block on Lancaster Avenue was built as a single row of three-story brick
rowhouses…. All have undergone various twentieth century shopfront alterations
and additions …. Only 3737 and 3739 have had the origina1 red brick resurfaced
with white stucco. A single scroll-shaped bracketed wood cornice unifies the
entire block. --- Contributing.”
(Inventory
of Buildings in Powelton from the application submitted to the
National Register of Historic Places, 1985)
The
History
1876 Business Directory: Dennish
William, retail druggist
1878 Directory: Bloomer Charles H.,
laborer
Neiman Frank, laborer
Sensenbacher William, laborer
Stables James M., flagman
Staples Louisa, boarding
James and Louisa
Staples were husband and wife. In 1870, they lived N. 45th St. They
were 32 and 30 years old and had a five-year-old son and a one-year-old daughter.
Louisa was born in England. The 1874 directory lists them on 45th
St. near Huron (now Aspin) St.
1880 Directory: McIntyre Francis P.,
contractor
McIntyre Mary, widow
1880:
Francis P. McIntyre 35 Marble contractor; parents born in
Ireland
Mary McIntyre 32 Parents
born in Ireland
Jessie McIntyre
9
Ursula McIntyre
3
James McIntyre
5
John McIntyre
1
Mary McIntyre 71 Mother;
born Ireland
Henrietta Davis 24 Servant; born in Maryland
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