3420 Powelton Avenue

3420-3432 Powelton Ave.

 

The History of the Building

 

3420-3432: “Circa 1895, three-story rowhouses, built as a single row; rusticated stone basements; Pompeiian brick facades. Single porch supported by wood Tuscan columns extends across front of all seven houses. Each house has paired windows, repetition interrupted at second floor by alternating projecting bays and tripartite windows topped by terra cotta panels; most have tall gables with cast terra cotta ornament; 3422 and 3430 have Dutch gables; a mansarded roof with red pantiles extends between each gable.”

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

 

Previous Residents

 

1900:

Charles A Bragg           50        Manager of electric co.; born in Missouri; renting

Emily W Bragg            46        Married 27 years, 1 child; born in Missouri, parents born in Pa.

Adelaide Carrick          24        Daughter; born in Missouri; married 3 years, no children

Charles Golden            21        Waiter; black; born in Va.

Lydia A Woods            23        Servant; black; born in Va.

Julia Garrison              20        Servant; black; born in Md., parents born in Va.

(ED 578, 2B)

 

1920:

Orlando W. Wells        41        Assistant secretary of an asphalt co., born in N.Y.;

Mar Wells                    34        Born in Ga., father born in France, mother in Spain

William V Wells          17

Francis D Wells           13

Mildred M Wells            8

George Cox                 32        Lodger; college professor; single; born in S.C.

George C. Weaver       35        Lodger; accountant

Wm McArdle               26        Lodger; automobile salesman; single; born in N.Y., father born in Vt., mother in N.Y.

Arthur McKeough       30        Lodger; lawyer; single; born in N.Y.

Kenzie Cecil                42        Lodger; bank examiner for U. S. treasury; single; born in Kentucky

(ED 688, 1A)

 

1930:

Anna B Phillips           63

(ED 397, 4A)

 

1960: Kay Tatnall was in charge of the newsletter for Powelton Neighbors.

 

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