3803 Lancaster
Avenue
3803-05, 3807-09, 3811: “two-story
red brick rowhouse with first-floor commercial fronts and incised wood cornice….
3811, which also has entrance at corner of Baring and Lancaster Streets, has
incised wood window heads at first floor. --- Contributing.”
(Inventory
of Buildings in Powelton from the application submitted to the
National Register of Historic Places, 1985)
The
History
1878 Directory (Fall 1877): Marseilles Robert T., trimmings
1878, Apr. 30: Death of Peter Marseilles, Jr.,
37 years old, of 3803 Lancaster Ave. Burial at Laurel Hill Cemetery
The 1879 directory lists Rebecca T.
Marseilles, widow of Peter living at 3955 Grape (now Melon) St.
1880:
John H. Bowen 32 China
packer; born in Ireland
Anna Bowen 37 Born in Canada, parents in Ireland
Joseph Bowen 3
John W. Bowen
2
1900:
Annie D. Bowen 57 Proprietor
of a lamp store; widowed, 7 children, 6 surviving; born in Canada, father in
England, mother in Ireland; renting
Joseph Bowen 23 Driver
John W. Bowen 22
Edward L. Bowen 19 Engine
cleaner for railroad
Lawrence R. Bowen 16 Clerk
Annie M. Bowen 15
Henry Bowen 13
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