“three-story
Italianate double, stuccoed, flat-overhanging roof
with modillioned wood cornice. Circa
1905 Colonial Revival porch with dentillated cornice.
Porch posts removed and substituted with wrought iron.”
(Inventory of Buildings in Powelton from the application submitted to the National
Register of Historic Places, 1985)
History
1866, September:
Deed transferred from John H. Lane to John Wilson.
Deed summary states: “three
story brick messuage or tenement.”
1869, October: Deed
transferred from John Wilson to Charles S. French.
1870:
Charles S French 38 Wholesale
grocer; real estate: $6,000, personal: $10,000
Anna 32
Charles C. 5
William H. (Willie) 9
Anna D. 1
Isabel McKenna 25 Domestic
servant; born in
Fanny L Collins 14 Domestic
servant; born in
(ED 77, 36; 2nd
enum. 32)
Charles
S. French is listed as a member of the Board of Managers of Philadelphia City
Institute at its founding in 1852. (Phila. City Institute Records collection 3023.)
1880:
Charles S. French 50 Grocer; parents born in N.J.
Anna B. French 42
William H. French 19
Charles C. French 15
Anna D. French 11
Mary Gukkam 24 Servant;
born in
(ED 483, 28)
1890 Directory: French Charles C.
French Charles S., 4 Market, h 3204
1900:
Charles S. French 69 Grocer; widowed; owned with a mortgage
Charles C. French 35 Son;
bookkeeper; single
Anna D. Palmer 31 Daughter;
married 4 years, 2 children, 1 surviving
Edwin L. Palmer 29 Son-in-law;
machinist
Charles L. Palmer 1 Grandson
(ED 539, 7B)
1901, March: Deed transferred from Charles
S. French to Charles C. French.
1927
Directory: C. C. French
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