3807 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
1876 Directory:
Williams John L., barber
1880 Directory (Fall 1879): Converse John C., upholsterer
1880:
Charles H. Beasley 37 Sewing
machine agent; born in Virginia
Rose Beasley 21
Susan R. Beasley 67 Mother;
blind; born in Virginia
Mary J. Beasley 16 Sister;
born in Pennsylvania, parents in Virginia
Cornelius A. Beasley 64 Father;
brick layer; has broken arm; born in Virginia
The
1884 directory lists Charles as a liquor dealer living at 1035 Ellsworth St.
Cornelius was still a brick layer living at 1151 S. 11th St.
1885-1891 Directories: Brannan William N., plumber
The 1880 census shows him as William
Brannon, Jr. age 24 living with his parents at 102 N.
35th St. His father was a coachman. William and his younger brother,
James, became plumbers.
1900:
Frank Reilly 38 Tool
dresser; widowed; mother born in Ireland; renting
Helen Reilly 9
Edward Reilly 5
Mary Reilly 2
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