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In the 1880 Census, this was two houses
numbered 3711 and 3713 Smedley St.
The 1881 City Directory
lists them as the rear of 316 N. 37th St.
The History of the Building
312-314:
“Circa 1870, two
two-story, four-register brick houses was originally a double house. Pents over entrances added later. then
one entrance to each altered to window. Bracketed wood cornice”
(Inventory of Buildings in Powelton from the application submitted to the National Register of Historic Places, 1985)
Previous Residents
1880: 3711 Smedley
John K. Higbee 59 Carpenter, was unemployed for 6 months
in past year
Elizabeth C. Higbee 33
Mary H. Higbee 12
Kate Roe 39 Boarder, perfumer
Mary M.
Caldwell 16 Boarder; works in a silk factory, was unemployed for 9 months
in past year; born in N.J., parents born in Pa.
(ED 489, 1)
The 1887 directory lists John K. Higbee, carpenter, living at 2443 Sharswood
1880: 3713 Smedley
Charles H.
Wright 24 Worked in a car shop; parents born in England
Martha F.
Wright 27
(ED 489, 1)
1910:
Alfred P Lee 38 Dentist;
father born in Md.
Edith Mc C Lee 33 Married 7
years, 2 children, 1 surviving
William M Lee 6
Rebecca J Lee 72 Mother;
widowed, one child
(ED 499, 6a)