315 North 37th
Street
The History of the Building
3711-3713,
3715: “Circa 1870,
three-story brick rowhouse with Circa 1890 Colonial Revival porch; first-floor
projecting bays (except for 315); segmental lintels and bracketed wood cornice”
(Inventory of Buildings in Powelton from the application submitted to the
National Register of Historic Places, 1985)
Previous Residents
1880:
Robert R.B.
Allen 40 Civil engineer
Annie E. Allen 38
Nellie M. Allen 19
Clarence W.
Allen 11 At school
(ED 487, 1)
1900:
Arthur W
Lindsay 41 Foreman
for a paving co.; mother born in N.Y.; renting
Susan E Lindsay
33 Married 2 years, no children; born in
Canada, parents born in Scotland
Alveh H
Maccrearey 23 Boarder;
furniture salesman
Gertrude E
Maccrearey 21 Boarder; married 3 years, no children
Eliza W
Sinclair 57 Boarder;
single
(ED 543, 8A)
By 1905, Elizabeth Sinclair was living
with her sister and brother-in-law at 3614
Baring St. Her family history, along
with information about her sister’s family, is summarized in the blog entitled Mrs.
Joseph Ashcroft.
1910:
Anna B Vanburen 50 Widowed, 2 children; born in N.Y.,
mother in Ireland (English); renting
Veola M
Vanburen 22 Daughter;
born in Austria
Elsie B
Vanburen 20 Bookkeeper in hardware business
Jennetta R Scott 75 Mother; widowed, 3 children; born in
Scotland
Jane S Trank 75 Boarder; widowed, 2 children; born in
Maine
Lillian S Trank 40 Boarder; Artist; single; parents born in
Maine
(ED 492, 6A)
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Revised
4/28/2011