421 North 33rd
Street
1850, Jun.
30: Title for 417-435 N. 33rd and 3222 Spring Garden transferred to David B.
Paul by Jeremiah Bonsall
1883, Oct.
5: Title for 417-435 N. 33rd and 3222 Spring Garden transferred to John H.
McIlvain by David B. Paul
John
H. McIlvain was a retired lumber merchant living at 3305
Baring St.
417-435: “Built 1884 by architects G.W. and W.D. Hewitt.
Row of two-and-one-half story brick doubles; porch-fronted. some enclosed.
Pressed and corbelled brick trim; paired windows with gabled dormers interrupt
cornice line in all but central building in group which has slightly steeper
and larger dormers and uninterrupted cornice; 425 and 429 demolished; 433
missing attic floor.”
(Inventory of
Buildings in Powelton from the application submitted to the National Register of Historic
Places, 1985)
History
1889
Directory: Robert K. Story, manager at 523 Arch St.
In
1880, he lived at 241 N. 41st St. with his wife, Mary, and their three
children. The 1870 census lists two older children ages 4 and 2 who are not
listed in 1880. He was working as a stoker for the gas works. He was born about
1835-’38.
1890
Directory: Robert K. Story, office at 523 Arch St.
The
1891 directory lists him as a partner in [Josiah F.] Bailey & Story copper
dealers at 257 S. 4th St. & in Olney. He was living on Tabor near Clinton.
1900:
Harry G. Ulman 37 Wholesale butcher; parents born in
Germany; owner with a mortgage
Elizabeth S. Ulman 40 No children
Mary E. Dunne 28 Servant; parents born in Ireland
The
1895 directory lists him as a partner in Dengler & Ulman, butchers, located
at N. 30th near Market St. and living at 4064 Spring Garden St.
1910:
J. Warren Dilworth 33 Dentist
Bessie C. Dilworth 29 Married 7 years, 2 children, 1 surviving;
father born in Delaware
Thomas Dilworth 3
Pauline Kincaid 21 Lodger; student at Drexel Institute; single;
born in Texas
Ethel Petru 21 Lodger; teacher at Drexel Institute; single;
born in New York
Beatrice Langston 20 Servant; black; single; parents born in
Virginia
1920:
J. Warren Dilworth 43 Dentist with home office; owner with a
mortgage
Bessie C. Dilworth 39 Born in DE
Thomas Dilworth 13
Elizabeth Dilworth 5
years, 6 months
Pauline Barrier 24 Servant; single; black; born in VA
Revised 12/2/2022