417 N. 32ndStreet
417-41 “Originally
a block of thirteen identical three-story, two-register brick rowhouses, now in
various conditions…. Brownstone lintels with brick piers dividing each house.
-- Contributing”
(Inventory of
Buildings in Powelton from the application submitted to the National Register of Historic
Places, 1985)
Previous Residents
1883, Oct. 8: Title transferred to L.
Hassell Lapp by William L. Elkins and wife
Oct.
22, 1886, the deed was transferred to his wife, Susannah M. Lapp.
1884 Directory (Fall 1883): Lapp L.
Hassell, William M. Wilson & Co.
The
1883 directory lists his home as 250 N. 12th St.
1891 Directory: Lapp L. Hassell,
treasurer at, 208 Market St.
Lapp Elbert W., student
1898, Dec. 20: Death of Lorenzo Hassell
Lapp, 52 years old, of 417 N. 32nd St. He was born in Chester Co. Burial in
woodlands Cemetery.
1900:
Susie M. Lapp 52 Widowed, 5 children, 3 surviving; father
born in Germany
Hollis T. C. Lapp 20 Dental student; born in NJ
1904, Dec. 28: Title transferred to
Alexander H. Carver by Susannah M. Lapp
1910:
Mary Cox 53 Widowed with 4 children; born in N. J.; renting
William H. Cox 27 Fireman
for rail road single; born in N. J.
Rachel Cox 20 Music teacher; single; parents born in N. J.
Clara Zeller 53 Mother [of Rachel?]; making teeth in a tooth factor; widowed
Mary Munstoanet 35 Bookkeeper for a grocery store; single
Anne Stanford 19 Stenographer
at a plumbing office; single
Mary Cox was the widow of William C.
Cox. In 1900, they lived at 6109 Thompson St. with three of their four
children: Henry W. (age 17, listed above as William H.), Edna (16), and Rachel
M. (11, who was probably Rachel Zeller). William was a clerk for the
Pennsylvania Railroad. Mary reported her father was born in Wales. In 1880,
William and Mary lived in Cranberry, Middlesex, N. J.
William Henry Cox married Rosena
Lord of Lansdowne June18, 1913 at St. James Church, Kingsessing. He was living
at 526 N. 32nd St.
Revised
10/6/2022