423 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
1887 Directory: J.
Edward Crippen of E. J. Crippen & Co., grocer at 115 S. 3rd St.
Edward J. Crippen lived
at 153 N. 18th St.
1890 Directory: J.
Edward Crippen of E. J. Crippen & Co.
1890, Philadelphia Inquirer:
“A CHESTNUT STREET GROCERY.
“E. J. Crippen & Co. to Open Their New
Establishment To-day.
“The Philadelphia fancy grocers and
importers of grocers’ specialties have a reputation over the country for
enterprise, and recently this has been enhanced by the fine stores, with all
modern improvements and the costly store fixtures, that have replaced the old style dingy establishments. There are scores of
beautiful grocery stores on the principal streets, and to these has just been
added a very beautiful store located at the southeast corner of Thirteenth and
Chestnut streets. The formal opening of this establishment occurs to-day. The
firm is no newcomer; in fact it is one of the oldest,
if not the oldest grocery house in the city, E. J. Crippen & Co.
“Since 1805 this house, under various names,
has been doing the very finest class of trade at 115 South Third street, and a
brief history of the business makes interesting reading. The business was
established in 1805 at the corner of Front and Drawbridge, now Dock street, the house being known as W. L. & E. Maddock
& Co. [E. J. Crippen was married to Mary Maddock.] On the death of W. L. Maddock, in 1867, the
firm took the title of Crippen & Maddock, and in 1873 it became E. J.
Crippen & Co., Mr. W. M. Crippen, son of the senior partner, constituting
the ‘Co.’ The present members of the
firm are E. J. Crippen and J. E. Crippen – admitted to partnership in 1883, W.
M. Crippen having died in May, 1882. The business was
removed to the present site in 1826, 61 years ago, longer, probably, than any
other house in the city has continued to do business in one spot.
“Mr. J. E. Crippen will have charge of the
new store, Thirteenth and Chestnut streets, and only the very finest groceries
will be kept. Mr. E. J. Crippen will remain as of old at the old stand on Third
street." (Nov. 10, 1890)
1896 Directory:
James E. Crippen of E. J. & Co. (Edward J. and James E. Crippen) grocers at
1232 Chestnut St.
Note: Edward J. Crippen
and his family were living at 3305 Powelton Ave.
1896, June 15: At
Bay Head, N.J., death of J. Edward Crippen, 34 years old, son of Edward J.
Crippen and the late Mary Maddock Crippen; funeral from his late residence 423
N. 33rd St.
1898 Blue Book: Mrs.
J. Edward Crippen
Edward Crippen Cozens
1900:
Lillie A. Crippen 37 Widowed with 2 children
Violitta Crippen 15
James S. Crippen 11
Thomas A. F. Vaughan 60 Boarder;
salesman at cane [?] factory; born in Jamaica, parents born in England,
immigrated in 1855 and now a citizen; widowed; owner with a mortgage
Anistasia Vaughan 17 Boarder; father born in Jamaica, mother
in Pa.
Annie D. Smych 30 Servant; born in Ireland, immigrated in 1888
1902, June 18:
Marriage of Lillie A. Crippen to Samuel Peltz (3701
Baring St.). They were married by a minister from the Church of the Savior
(Protestant Episcopal), 38th and Chestnut Streets.
1910:
John C. Margel 44 Master
mechanic for a railroad; born in N.J.; renting
Mary Margel 43 Married 22 years, no children
Henrietta Moore 22 Servant;
black; married 1 year, no children; born in Maryland
1920:
George H. Beardmore 54 born in England, immigrated in 1880,
became a citizen in 1888; renting
Amy A. Beardmore 49
born in England, immigrated in
1880, became a citizen in 1888
William J. Menah 26 Son-in-law; clerk in ship yard
Clara I. Menah 23 Office clerk
Simeon Goodman 34 Lodger; auditor for shipping board;
widowed
David Goodman 32
Lodger; driver for milk company;
married
Sadie E. Schrock 28
Lodger; bookkeeper for an
undertaker
Viola M. Snyder 17
Lodger; file clerk in insurance
office
In
1910, the Beardmore family lived at 3155 G St. In 1930, they were living in
Woodbury, N.J.
William
Menah was the son of Walter and Susan Menah. In 1910, they lived at 3911 Haverford Ave. They then
moved at 3513 Hamilton St.
Revised 5/8/2018