3410 Powelton Avenue

 

The History of the Building

 

3404-18: “Circa 1875, two-and-one-half story mansarded Victorian double houses; smooth cut ashlar' granite facades over brick construction. Full-height first floor windows except on 3412 where they are partially filled in; arched doorways with incised brownstone lintels and surrounds. Second floor windows have incised brownstone lintels and sills; double bracketed wood cornice. Most of the mansarded roofs have their original slate shingles. Four gabled dormers with batten-and- board faces project from the mansards, except for 3412, which has only three, with scalloped red clay shingles. Pent roofs added.”

(Inventory of Buildings in Powelton from the application submitted to the National Register of Historic Places, 1985)

 

Previous Residents

 

1880:

Harrison M. Lutz         40        Cashier

Sarah A. Lutz              39

Evylyn Lutz                 14

Pauline Lutz                12

Walter Lutz                   7

Mary Prunner               22        Servant

(ED 483, 20)

            The 1881 Directory lists him as a cashier for the Centennial National Bank at 32nd and Market.  The 1887 Directory lists him as Vice President of the bank when they were living in Norristown.  In 1870, they lived in Norristown Middle Ward, Montgomery, Pa. where he was a bank teller.  In 1860, Harrison lived with his parents, Samuel and Margaret Lutz in Philadelphia Ward 13.  Harrison was 21 and listed his occupation as broker.  His father was a merchant.

 

1890: Ball George W. I., conveyancer, 233 S 4th, h 3410 Powelton ave

“The Chief Conveyancer is George W. I. Ball, who, after having been engaged in the law and conveyancing business for many years, entered the service of the [Pennsylvania Railroad] Company in the fall of 1862, in the office of the General Superintendent at Altoona, in connection with the Military Transportation business; removed to Philadelphia and became Assistant General Passenger and Ticket Agent; was transferred to the General Solicitor's Office, then appointed Assistant General Solicitor and Conveyancer, and finally, in 1884, was appointed Chief Conveyancer and transferred to the Real Estate Department. He has charge of all conveyancing for the several companies; the preparation of briefs of title to real estate acquired ; examines and directs the execution of all deeds, bonds, mortgages, leases and other documents relating to the Company's real estate and rights-of-way, and is looked upon as one of the leading men in his profession in this country.”

(History of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company. William Bender Wilson. Henry T. Coates & Co., 1895, p 158

 

1898 Blue Book: Mrs. G. W. I. Ball

                          Miss C. Ball

 

1900:

G. W. Ball       70        Conveyancer; owned free of a mortgage

Catherine Ball  57        Married 40 years, 1 child

Celia Ball         23

(ED 578, 2B)

            In the 1880 Census and the 1887 Directory, they are listed at 208 N. 33rd St. (His third initial is given as J.)

 

1906 Blue Book: Mrs. G. W. I. Ball

                           Miss C. Ball

 

1911: Klein, Louis, home: Philadelphia, Address: 3410 Powelton Ave.

Undeck, John Paul, home: Hazleton, [local] Address: 3410 Powelton Ave.

(Catalogue of the University of Pennsylvania. 1911)

 

1927 Directory: Miss A. R. Buchanan

                          M. F. Freeley

                          Mrs. C. J. Morrissey

 

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