431 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
1900:
Rebecca Leeser 45 Running boarding house; widowed, no
children; renting
Margaret Shouster 33 Sister;
single
– next household
P Samuel Richards
87 Capitalist; born in N.J., father born in N.J., mother in Md.
L Sarah Richards 78 Wife; married 60 years, 1 child; mother
born in Md.
R Jesse Richards 53 Son; glass manufacturing; single
--- next household
Richard Bellfield
30 Brass salesman; father born in N.J.
S Millicent Bellfield 24 Married 3 years, no children
--- next household
S Thomas Shearin 35 Locomotive engineer; single; born in
N.J.
In
1910, Rebecca Leeser and Margaret Shouster
were living at 3318 Arch St. In 1881, Rebecca was a dressmaker living at
3706 Sansom St.
1920:
Francis T. Furey 67 Author;
born in Ireland, immigrated in 1875, became a citizen in 1882
Annie M. Furey 59 Born
in MD, parents in PA
Laura B. O’Brien 56 Lodger; hotel clerk; widow
Robert E. O’Brien 15
Henry W. Cavenaugh 60 Lodger;
driver for a laundry; married
Mary S. Cavenaugh 64 Lodger;
worker for a mission; single
In
1910, they lived at 3820
Spring Garden St. Robert O’Brien was listed as a cousin and his mother was
not listed. There was also an Estella Cavenaugh, 56 years old, who was listed as a cousin.
In 1900, Francis T., Furey
was a Professor of History at Cahill High School. In 1906, he published New and Complete History
of the World; the Story of the Whole Human Race and its Various Nations, from
the Earliest Dawn of Civilization to the Present Day. In 1908, he
published Footprints of the World's History for Young People. He had
previously written An Explanation of the Constitution of the United States
and other books and was Historical Editor of the Standard American
Encyclopedia.