The History of the Building
3208-10: “two-and-one-half
story; Second Empire-style double with stone facade over brick construction;
most of original wood porch details; first floor bay windows intact; some aluminum
siding. 3208 wood cornice and part of wall below damaged…original slate
shingles….”
(Inventory of Buildings in Powelton from the application submitted to the
National Register of Historic Places, 1985)
Previous Residents of
1870:
Samuel Dunsmoor 45 Clothing
manufacturer
Martha E. 45
John McIlvain 30 Lumber
merchant; only in 1st enumeration
Sally McIlvain 26 Only
in 1st enumeration
Mary Scull 60
Amelia Robinson 23
Samuel L.
Smedley 37 Surveyor; real estate: $45,000; property: $15,000
Herman
Schastman 26 Civil engineer
John Gardiner 23 Assistant surveyor
William Harlan abt 20 [Only in 2nd enumeration in Nov. 1870]
Elle
Huntsberger 15 Domestic servant
John L Kirk 31 Printer; only in 1st enumeration
William Harland 18 Assistant
surveyor; only in 1st enumeration
(1st
Enumeration: p 33; 2nd Enumeration: p 27)
* There is a younger, 25, Samuel
Dunsmoor in enumeration 1: 4th Precint p 160.
IRS 1866: Samuel Dunsmoor , Haverford
above 30th, 3rd house; piano and watch
John
McIlvain, 3701 Lancaster, wholesale dealer
1880:
Martha Williams 62 Never married
Annie Byesly 32 Cousin;
never married
Catharine Smiley 40 Servant; born
in
(ED 483, 21-22)
1910:
John H. Tinker 75 Married;
father born in Mass., mother in N.J.
Elizabeth Tinker 66 Married 50
years, 7 children, 6 surviving
Samuel B. Tinker 48 General
carpenter; widowed
Annie E. Turner 41 Daughter;
widowed, 3 children
Dorothie Tinker 38 School
teacher; single
Elmer Tinker 32 Railroad
machinist; single
John E. Tinker 19 Grandson;
stone cutter at marble yard
Edward S. White 64 Nephew;
widowed; born in
Frank Hilsker 33 Boarder;
locomotive fireman; single
Gertrude L. Tinker 22 Granddaughter;
public school teacher
(ED 488,
9B-10A)
They were from
1950 Directory: Wilbur S. Moore
He
was also listed at 3205
Baring St.