3809 Hamilton Street
The
History of the Building
George Wiegand owned and built 3806-3816 Spring Garden St. and 3807-3817 Hamilton St.
3807-3817:
“brick Victorian rowhouse with 3807 as L-shaped end to the development. All
porches altered except 3815 and 3813. Brownstone sills, splayed brick lintels.
Pressed brick belt course. Corbelled brick and metal
cornices.---·contributing.”
(Inventory of
Buildings in Powelton from the application submitted to the National Register of Historic
Places, 1985)
Previous Residents
1887 Directory: Dunlap James H., Salesman
1888 Directory: Dunlap James H., dry goods
1889-1890 Directories: Knight Joseph I.
1908 Directory: Green Emory G., Laborer
1900:
John Lunas Bailey 79 Retired grocer;
born in MD; owner with a mortgage
Sarah E. Bailey 48 Daughter;
father born in MD, mother in NJ
Rebecca S. B. Sharp 42 Daughter;
widowed, one child now deceased; father born in MD, mother in NJ
Samuel E. Bennett 39 Nephew;
schoolteacher
Elizabeth H. Bennett 56 Wife
of Nephew; married 14 years, 2 children, one surviving; parents born in NJ
Florence H. Bennett 7 Grand Niece
1910 Directory: Fitzgerald Owen S., music teacher at 416 Weightman building
1910:
Owen S. Fitzgerald 35 Vocal instructor
with own office; renting
Marietta R. Fitzgerald 32 Married
10 years, 2 children, one surviving; mother born in England
Owen S. Fitzgerald, Jr. 7
Margaret Hall 68 Lodger; own
income; widowed, one child, now deceased
William H. Jones 54 Lodger; unemployed
case worker; single
The
1880 census lists him as the youngest child of Catharine Fitzgerald, a 53-year-old
widow. She was a butcher. They lived at 22 Wyoming St. The 1900 census lists
Own and Marietta living with her parents, Giles and
Elizabeth Rival at 3803 Ludlow St. They had been married one year. The 1913
directory lists him at that address but identifies him as secretary and
treasurer of the Brazilian Land Lumber & Improvement Co. The 1915 directory
lists him as a music teacher at 3803 Ludlow St. The 1920 census lists them
living at 6 S. 46th St. He is listed as a salesman at a piano store.
His WWI draft registration lists his name as Owen Smith Fitzgerald.
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