3824 Hamilton Street
The
History of the Building
3822-3824: “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
Howard
Meredith 33 Commercial worker; renting
Annie
Meredith 37 Married 6 years, 2 children, one
surviving; born in Ireland
Highland
Harvey 42 Boarder; overseer; born in VT; married 2 years
Leslie
Calkin 21 Boarder; chemist; born in NY
1950: “Mob Forms as Lincoln Men Test Oxford Bias; Angry Neighbors
Threaten to Bomb Home; Zoning Bd. Hearing In Uproar, Charges Of Race Bias Fly.
“Residents
of the 17th and Spring Garden sts. area are said to have threatened to bomb a
property at 1731 Spring Garden which was recently bought by Mrs. Juanita Green,
a nurse of 3824 Hamilton st....”
(Phila. Tribune, Jan. 21)
She
won her fight to buy the house.
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Revised 9/30/2022