426 N. 32ndStreet
Built by John
McIlvain.
420-442: “Built
in 1884 as single development. Attributed to George Hewitt…. 424-26-28:
two-and-one-half story mansarded brick rowhouses. Porch-fronted.
Each house has two registers, corbelled brick cornice, pedimented. dormers. in.
mansard.--- Contributing.”
(Inventory of
Buildings in Powelton from the application submitted to the National Register of Historic
Places, 1985)
Previous Residents
1898, Sept.: Advertised for rent, 426 N. 32nd St., 11 rooms for
$40 per month.
1920:
Hugh J. Adams 46 parents
born in Ireland
Mary E. A. Adams 40 parents
born in Ireland
Sue G. Adams 22 Secretary
for an auto agency
Ann Adams 20 Secretary for a ticket agency
Mae Adams 16 Clerk for a telephone co.
Benjamin McAdams 11
James McAdams
8
Francis McAdams
7
Most of the family changed their
name from McAdams to Adams after 1900. In 1900, they lived at 617 N. 39th
St. In 1930, they lived at 442 N. 32nd.
In
1920, their son, Hugh, Jr., was a college teacher in Baltimore. In 1931, he married Marie S. Matson who at 404 N. 32nd St. with her parents and
siblings. In
1940, Hugh and Marie lived at 3619 Baring St.
James
J. Adams married Helen Matson, Marie’s sister, in 1940.
Revised 7/23/2022