427 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
1890 Directory:
Harry Shields
1900:
John T. Baleley 40 Train
master for railroad; born in Ohio, parents born in Pa.; owner with a mortgage
Alice V. Balsley 37 Married
10 years
Frederick E. Moyer 34 Cashier for a broker
Kate Moyer 41 Married 4 years, no children; born in
Indiana, parents born in Pa.
Lucy Patterson 24 Servant; black; born in Va.
1906 Blue
Book: Mr. & Mrs. DeWitt Clinton Supplee
Harold S. Suplee
1910:
DeWitt C. Suplee 36 President
of an elevator company; owner with a mortgage
Eva Shaw Suplee 36 Married
12 years, 2 children
Harold Suplee
8
Dewit Suplee
3
Bessie Rowley 22 Servant; black; born in Maryland
1916
Directory: DeWitt C. Suplee
1918 Draft
Registration: DeWitt Clinton Suplee was born Sept.
28, 1873. He was a maintenance engineer for the Pennsylvania Law Mower Works at
1615 N. 23rd St.
1919, May
24: Death of Eva Shaw Suplee. She was buried at
Drexel Hill Cemetery.
1920:
Dewitt C. Suplee 45 Factory
superintendent; widowed; owner with a mortgage
Harold S. Suplee 19
Dewitt C. Suplee 14
1920, Dec.
12: Death of Harold Shaw Suplee. He was buried at
Drexel Hill Cemetery.
1930:
De Witt C. Suplee 53 Salesman
for construction company; married twice, first time at age 22; owner, house
valued at $35,000
Maud Suplee 45 married once at age 35; born in Delaware, father born in
England, mother in Delaware
De Witt C. Suplee 23 Engineer
for radio firm
In 1932,
De Witt C. Suplee, Jr. married Anna N. Herbert. In
1940, De Witt Senior and Maud lived in Wayne Manor on Wayne Ave. in
Philadelphia. He was employed as a hydraulic engineer. He had only been
employed for 18 weeks in 1939.