3418 Powelton Avenue

 

 

The History of the Building

 

3404-3418: Ò'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 rownstone 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.Ó

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

 

Previous Residents

 

1880:

George M. Grant         31        Wholesale lumber

Ellie                             28

William                          6        Born in California

Emma                            2        Born in California

Edith                             1

Charles                          4        Born in California

Mary Walter                 35        Servant; born in Ireland

Bridget Floyd               24        Servant; born in Ireland

Cath Collins                 57        Servant; born in Ireland

Allice Crawford           24        Servant; born in Ireland

Mary Haney                 30        Servant; born in Ireland

(ED 483, 33)

            Note: GeorgeÕs brother, Charles B. Grant, lived in the twin, 3416 Powelton Ave.

 

1887 Directory: Morris Sarah R., widow

 

1890 Census veterans Schedule: Charles H. Rohans, CaptainÕs Clerk, U.S.N., Cimerone & Delaware (?), Sept. 1864 - June, 1865 (ED 511, 4)

 

1900:

Charles Rohans            58        Conveyancer born April, 1862

Carolin e Rohans          57        born July, 1862; married 27 years (no child noted)

Mary Geoghogan         ??         Servant; born in Ireland, immigrated in 1888

(ED 578, 12B)

 

1910:

William Tobin             48        Foreman, brass foundry; born in Ireland (English)

Margaret Tobin            42        born in Ireland (English)

Mary E Van Hook       17        Boarder; Copyist (?) in real estate

Genevieve E Causey   29        Boarder; Stenographer at university

Guy W Grover             38        Boarder; Merchant (unreadable)

Katherine Grover        33        Boarder; no occupation

----- 2nd household

William D Thomas      36        Civil engineer

Louise Thomas            36

William H Thomas Jr   17        Son

Elizabeth G Thomas   16        Daughter

Virginia R Thomas      12        Daughter

Beatrice L Thomas        6        Daughter

Nellie M Williams        22        Servant - waitress in boarding house

(ED 533, 1A)

 

1911:

First Years Students in the College                 Home Town      Address

Powers, Patrick Joseph Francis                       Philadelphia     3418 Powelton Ave.

Powers, William Henry                                    Philadelphia     3418 Powelton Ave.

(Catalogue of the University of Pennsylvania. 1911.)

 

1919: ÒJoseph F. Cavanaugh. Dec. 16, Joseph F. Cavanaugh, son of Michael and Nora Cavanaugh (nee Lonergan). Relatives and friends, Holy name Society of St. Agatha's Church, invited to funeral, Fri., 8:30 a.m., parents' residence, 3418 Powelton ave. Solemn requiem mass St. Agatha's Church 10 a.m. Int Holy Cross Cem. Auto funeral.Ó

(Pennsylvania Obituaries - December 18, 1919 http://distantcousin.com/Obits/PA/1900/1919/Dec/18.html accessed Apr 2, 2009)

 

1930:

Nora Cavanaugh          76        Born in Vt., parents in Irish Free State

Theresa Cavanaugh     24        Daughter; born in Mass.; single; no occupation

Bern V Cavanaugh      39        Daughter; born in Mass.; single; no occupation

(ED 397 p 4A)

 

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