3419 Race Street

The History of the Building

3419-21: “Circa 1870, two-and-one-half story Second Empire style double house with stone facade, original wood porch first floor full height windows, and mansard with patterned polychromatic slate shingles.. Cornice below mansard has elaborately carved wood frieze and soffit. Wood mansard dormers incised and carved.”

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

Previous Residents of 3419 Race Street

1880:

Henry Houghton 50 Button manufacturer; born in England

Emma Houghton 50 Born in England

Margaret Danphy 35 Servant; born in Ireland

Catharine Danphy 37 Servant; born in Ireland

(ED 483, 19)

1898 Blue Book: Edward Hitzeroth

Mr. & Mrs. J.C. Hitzeroth

1900:

J C Hitzeroth 69 Iron manufacturer; born in Germany; owner, free of a mortgage

Anna Hitzeroth 48 Married 6 years, 9 children, 3 surviving; born in Switzerland

Edward Hitzeroth 30 Assistant superintendent for iron manufacturer

Emma Hitzeroth 27

Hulda Zanzig 38 Servant; born in Germany

(ED 578, 9B)

In 1880, Chris Hitzeroth and family lived at 4207 Chestnut St. He listed his occupation as “iron foundry.” He was born in Austria and his wife, Eliza, was born in Germany.

1906 Blue Book: Edward Hitzeroth

Mr. & Mrs. J.C. Hitzeroth and daughter

“Lieutenant Thomas B. W. Fales, of Philadelphia, now became commander of the little band, as the only officer left with the main body of the company. Lieutenants Edward Hitzeroth, also of Philadelphia, and Walter L. Swarts, of Scranton, had disappeared, prisoners in the hands of the Germans”

(The Iron Division National Guard of Pennsylvania in the World War. H. G. Proctor. 1919.)

1920:

Edward Hitzeroth 50 Clerk for an umbrella manufacturing co.; father born in Germany

Helen J Hitzeroth 47 Father born in Ireland

(ED 688, 19A)

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