408 N. 32ndStreet
Numbered 336 until after the 1880 Census
The
History of the Building
408-410:
“three-story
Italianate-style double. Porch removed; front three-story roughcast projecting
bay added with arched entrance. 408 stuccoed. window
shapes altered. 410 roughcast facade, some alterations
to windows, original overhanging eaves of flat roof with brackets along side façade”
(Inventory of
Buildings in Powelton from the application submitted to the National Register of Historic
Places, 1985)
Previous Residents
1870: 336 N. 32nd
Edward [sic.] J. Woolley 38 Wholesale notion merchant; born in
Maryland; property: $14,000
Emma Woolley 38
Frank L. Woolley 14
Harry L. Woolley
4
Emma Ellicott and Edwin L. Woolley
were married Jan. 15, 1855.
She was the daughter of Ely Ellicott and Letitia Pussey.
The 1868 directory lists him living at 1212 Vine St.
1874 Directory: Edwin L. Wooley
1880: Marriage of Letitia Louise Doyle to Frank L. Woolley
1880:
Edwin L. Woolley 47 Wholesale
dry goods; born in Maryland
Emma Woolley 46
Harry L. Woolley 14
Helen Woolley 9
Mary Weidenhammer 22 Servant
1890 Directory: Edwin L. Wooley
Harry L. Wooley
1894, Jun. 27: Marriage of Josephine Abbie Ross to Harry L.
Woolley
1894, Aug. 20: Death of Edwin L. Woolley; internment at Laurel
Hill Cemetery.
1900:
Emma Woolley 67 Widowed
Helene E. Woolley
29 Single
1910:
Emma M. Woolley 77 Widowed,
4 children; owner with a mortgage
Helene E. Woolley
39 Secretary
for real estate office; single; father born in Maryland
1915, Jan. 3: Death of Emma M. Woolley; internment at Laurel Hill
Cemetery.
Revised 7/24/2022