3830 Lancaster
Avenue
This row was
built by John B. Martel.
3826-3840:
“two-and-one-half story mansarded brick commercial row. Arched entrances, most
have first floor front commercia1 alterations, pressed metal cornices. Number
3826, the only stuccoed facade, has pedimented doorway. All but 38 26 have
second floor projecting wood bays; 3836, 3838 and 3840 - aluminum sided. Carved
decorative wood cornice across entire row; slate shingled mansard with single
and paired dormer windows be 1 ow projecting Victorian bracketed gab1es. –
Contributing.”
(Inventory
of Buildings in Powelton from the application submitted to the
National Register of Historic Places, 1985)
The
History
1880:
William L. Clayton 54 Shirt
maker
Elizabeth Clayton 50 Parents
born in Ireland
D. Gilbert Clayton 23 Paperhanger
Edward C. Clayton 20 Paperhanger
George L. Clayton 17 Printer
Augusta Clayton 14
The
1880 directory (from the fall of 1879) lists William, Gilbert, and Edward at
4020 Powelton Ave. Edward was identified as a carpenter.
1881-‘82 Directories: Clayton D. Gilbert, paperhanger
Clayton George T., printer
Clayton William L., shirt maker
1884 Directory:
Clayton William L., cutter
Clayton Edward C., paperhanger
1900: Apparently vacant at the
time of this census.
1902 Directory:
Siegfried Hieronymus, packer
Wilhelmina, delicatessen
The
1895 directory lists Hieronymus as a grocer at 2212 Market St.
1903 Business
Directory: Douglass, Freeman, delicatessen
1910 Directory:
Feathers Anna J., millinery
Freeman Douglass, delicatessen
1910:
Freeman Douglass 51 Delicatessen
merchant; born in NJ; renting
Laura H. Douglass 53 Married
24 years, no children; mother born in NJ
In
1920, they lived in Cape May, N.J. He was born in Goshen, Cape May County.
1915 Business
Directory: Freeman, Douglass, delicatessen
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