3822 Hamilton Street
The
History of the Building
3822-24 Hamilton:
“three-story dark brick rowhouse with brownstone sills and lintels; carved wood
surrounds; band of angled red and tan brick below dentillated
brick and metal cornice.”
(Inventory of
Buildings in Powelton from the application submitted to the National Register of Historic
Places, 1985)
Previous Residents
1880:
Edward H. Ashmore 33 Railroad conductor; born in N.J.
Elizabeth
Ashmore 29 [sic.] [She
was probably 39]
Maude
Ashmore 2 Daughter; father born in N.J.
Annie
Kipple 11 Daughter; father born in Pa.
Elizabeth
Riley married Jonathan A. Kipple at the First
Independent Church in Philadelphia on Aug. 18, 1863. The second enumeration of
the 1870 census lists him living in the household of Anna Riley, age 50, at
3333 Market St. The city directories list him as a painter. He was born in
Ireland. He died Oct. 19, 1871 at age 30.
Edward
H. Ashmore and Elizabeth Kipple were married at
Asbury Methodist Episcopal church on Aug. 21, 1876. The 1893 directory lists
Elizabeth A. Ashmore, widow of Edward H., living at 7016 Keystone, Taconey. He was buried in Mt. Moriah Cemetery on Aug. 1,
1892.
1895 Dir.: Georg W. Eastman, bricklayer
1900
Directory: Thomas J. Priestley, pattern maker
Thomas J. Priestley, Jr.,
printer, Thomas J. Priestley Jr. & Co., 1319 Sansom St.
A.
Lincoln
Priestley, Priestly Printing Co., 3832 Lancaster Ave.
The 1900 census lists Thomas
Jefferson, Mary B, and Thomas J., Jr. at 3841 Hamilton St. Thomas, Sr. had been
unemployed for 9 months. Abraham Lincoln Priestley was another son.
1910:
James
E Delaney 54 Owner of dying and cleaning business;
parents born in England; renting
Helene
Delaney 41 Married ten years, four children;
parents born in England
Adele
Delaney 20
May
Delaney 18 Hairdresser
James
Delaney, Jr. 8
1920:
Ida
Reynolds 49 Wool sorter at U. S. Arsenal; father
born in Texas
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