428 North 33rd
Street
426-438 and 3300 Spring Garden: “three story brick
Queen Anne-style rowhouses, some porches removed;' Gambreled
and gabled metal-sheathed wood fronts over mansard-constructed brick third
floor. Brick pilasters divide each building. 438 (demolished)”
(Inventory of
Buildings in Powelton from the application submitted to the National Register of Historic
Places, 1985)
History
1894, Sep.
17: Death of Turrell Tuttle, 83 years old; burial at
Mt. Vernon
1895, Nov.
18: Death of Elizabeth A. Tuttle, 65 years old
Elizabeth
and Turrell Tuttle were the parents of Mary E. Drinkhouse and Blanche E. McCalla. In 1880, they lived at 3613 Hamilton St.
1900:
Henry Drinkhouse 67 Manager of iron works; renting
Mary E. Drinkhouse 64 Married 24 years, 1 child; father born
in Mass., mother in Pa.
Steven D. McCalla
48 Brother-in-law;
conductor for Penna. Railroad; father born in Mass., mother in Pa.
Emily M. McCalla 48 Sister-in-law;
married 24 years; father born in Mass., mother in Pa.
Blanche E.
McCalla 18 Daughter
Martha C. Beatty 13 Niece
Lizzie Irwin 24 Servant; born in Ireland, immigrated in 1883
Mary Allen 22 Servant; born in Ireland, immigrated in 1890
The 1887 and 1890 directories list
Henry Drinkhouse at 3217 Powelton Ave. and Stephen
McCalla was listed there in 1887. They were members of The Church of the
Savior (Episcopal).
In 1880, the Drinkhouse
and McCalla couples lived at 3613 Hamilton St.
with the Tuttles. In 1910, they lived at 3314 Arch St.
1905 Directory: Joyce Darly [sic.?] B.
Joyce Sarah E.
The 1906 directory lists Sara as
“manager.” Sarah Emma Joyce She was the daughter of Henry Brubaker and Emeline Philson. She was born in Somerset Co., Pa. in 1857. She had
8 years of schooling. She married William Frederick Joyce in 1893. They had one
child, Albert Brubaker Joyce, who died in 1901 at age 5. In 1910, she lived
with her brother, Albert P. Brubaker, and his family at 105 N. 34th
St. He was a professor of medicine. The 1920 census lists her as Matron of a
dormitory at 3424
Powelton Ave. She was widowed and. In 1930, she lived with Albert again,
this time at 3426
Powelton Ave. In 1940, thy lived at 109 N. 34th. She died there
in 1941.
1908 Directory: Joyce Dora B., widow of
William
1910:
Dore B. Joyce 52 Housekeeper
for boarding house; widow, 1 child, not surviving, renting
1918 Directory: Joyce Dora B., widow of
William
1930:
Berteram Russell 28 Linesman for railroad; married at age
24, renting for $40 per month
Virginia Russell 23 Married
at 19; mother born in Kentucky
Walter Brown 37 Lodger;
construction electrician; married at 31; born in New Hampshire
Flora B. Brown 30 Lodger;
representative for corset manuf. Co.; married at age 24; born in Massachusetts,
father in Maine, mother in N. Ireland
— next household
Charlottie Hendryx 25 Clerk in drug store; single; parents
born in New York; renting for $36
— next household
William Kelly 30 Stock clerk in department store; married at 24, renting for
$40
Rose Kelly 28 Bookkeeper for binding concern; married at 22
— next household
Frederick Demarest 52 Watchman
at waterworks; first married at 22; born in New Jersey; renting for $40
Mae V. Demarest 36 First
married at 15
Edna M. Roberts 19 Daughter;
clerk in department store; single
1940:
Lavinia Pierce 37 Divorced;
born in NY: renting for $24 a month; divorced; 8th grade
Robert Pierce 21 Son; foreman at radio wholesaler, earned $950 in 1939; born
in NY: single; one year of high school
John Pierce 18 Son; cutter at a foundry, no earnings in 1939; born in NY:
single; 8th grade
Wesley Pierce 16 Son;
new worker, seeking work; born in NY: single; 8th grade
In 1930, they lived at 4016 Baring
St. In that census, the name was spelled Pearcy. Lavinia was married to Henry
Pearcy who was 11 years her senior. He was born in Kentucky and was a lineman
working in general construction. They also had a 4-year-old daughter, D. Mae.
— next household
William Kelly 42 Stock manager for 5 & dime Store, earned $500 in 1939,
but was basically unemployed; lived in Jamaica, Long Island, Queens Co., N.Y.
in 1935; renting for $28 a month; 4 years of high school
Rose Kelly 42 Married at age 33; father born in Conn.; lived in Jamaica,
Long Island, Queens Co., N.Y. in 1935; 4 years of high school
— next household
Froge [?] Neff 27 Looking for work, previously employed as
a cutter in a cigar factory, earned $800 for 52 weeks of work in 1939; Female;
renting for $24 a month; born in Missouri, lived in Washington, Franklin Co.,
Missouri in 1935; 4 years of high school
— next household
Ernest Hackett 42 Salesman
for a beverage company; born in Maine, lived in Portland, Maine in 1935; 4
years of college
Verna Hackett 40 Born
in Canada (English-speaking), lived in Portland, Maine in 1935; 2 years of
college