421 N. 32ndStreet
417-441
“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
1889-90 Directories: Magilton
Albert L.
Magilton Mary
A.
The
1886 directory lists Mary as the widow of Albert living at 718 Florida St. Albert,
Jr. was a student and lived with her. Albert, Sr. had died in 1875.
In
1900, Albert L. Magilton lived at 4031 Baring St. with
his wife, Gertrude (Hand) Magilton, and their
two-year-old daughter, Margarette. They were both 29 and had been married five
years. He was working as an iron dealer. They also had a black servant, Lenna
Jones, who was 43 and born in Tennessee. She was widowed and had had five
children. Only one survived.
1900:
Charles M. Taylor 45 Fruit
importer; widowed; born in NJ; renting
Frank A. Taylor 18 Office
clerk; born in PA; parents born in NJ
Avah A. Taylor 16 Born
in NJ
Helen H. Taylor 8 Born
in PA; parents born in NJ
Kate K. Hirson 19 Servant; born in Ireland
1910:
Harry W. McNeil 45 Lawyer;
widowed; renting
Ruth L. McNeil 19
Orpha H. McNeil 17 High
school student
_ 2nd Hh.
Samuel T. McCellan 55 Real estate salesman
Ida J. McCellan 52 married 31 years, 4 children, 3
surviving
Revised
10/6/2022