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.

 

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