3817 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
1890 Directory: Roberts William G. working at, 53 S. 3d St.
1893 Directory: Maxwell J. Walter, cashier at S. 30th
below Spruce St.
It
also lists John Maxwell’s Sons, granite & bluestones, S. 30th
below Spruce St. It only mentions James
T. Maxwell for the company. He is listed as living in New York.
The
1891 directory lists J. Walter Maxwell as a clerk living at 3251 Chestnut St.
The 1887 directory lists him at 3731 Fairmount Ave.
1900 Directory: Maxwell J. Walter, cashier, S. 30th. Below Spruce
St.
1900:
John W. Maxwell 35 Stone dealer;
born in NY; owner, free of a mortgage
Katherine Maxwell 34 Married 14 years
4 children
James T. Maxwell 12
Helen Maxwell 9
Alice Maxwell 6
Katherine Maxwell 2
Louisa Sailor 67 Mother-in-law;
widowed, 3 children
Milton Sailor 47 Brother-in-law;
(“cripple”)
In
1910 and 1920, they lived at 3828 Locust St.
1910:
William Lilly 52 Retail
lumber merchant; owner with a mortgage
Martha Meharg
Lilly 51 Married 25 years, 1 child; parents born in Ireland
William Meharg
Lilly 23 Lawyer
with own office; single
[illegible] Smith 54 Servant;
born in Ireland, immigrated in 1889
The
1900 census shows them living at 1729 Bainbridge St. In 1880, William S. Lilly
lived with his parents at 3412 Haverford St. [Ave.] He was a salesman in a
grocery store. His father, Hugh, was a foreman at a mill.
1911 Directory: Lilly William M., lawyer, 707 Franklin Bank
building
Lilly William S., clerk
When
he registered for the WWI draft, he was married and living at 752 Wynnewood Rd.
in Philadelphia. He was a teacher and lawyer for the Pennsylvania Board of
Education in Harrisburg.
1920:
William S. Lilly 61 Lumberyard
merchant; owner, free of a mortgage
Martha Lilly 61 Parents
born in Ireland
Mary E. Hoffman 49 Servant;
divorced; born in Ireland
1927, Mar. 27: Death of William S. Lilly, 68 years old, of 3817
Hamilton St. He was the son of Hugh Lilly and Sarah Dunlap. Burial at Mt.
Moriah Cemetery.
1930:
Martha Lilly 71 Widowed;
parents born in N. Ireland; owner, house valued at $3,500.
Mary E. Hoffman 60 Maid;
divorced; born in Ireland, immigrated in 1871
1940:
Martha Lilly 80 Widowed;
renting for $40 per month
Mary E. Hoffman 70 Housework;
widowed [sic.]
1941, Oct. 28: Death of Martha M. Lilly, 83 years old, of 3817
Hamilton St. Burial at Mt. Moriah Cemetery
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