3422 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

1898 Blue Book: Francis E. Bucher

Giacinto Peraldi de Comnene

1895, 30 Sep: Mr. Peraldi de Commine, 20 years old, student, from France, arrival in N.Y., “transient,” Port of Departure: Le Havre; ship: La Bourgogne, 1^st Class (p 2)

1898 Blue Book: F. E. Bucher was a member of the Powelton Club. (For a brief history of the club, see the Powelton History Blog.)

1900:

Emily De Angeli 69 Widowed, 1 child; born in France [Corsica]; renting

Julia Peraldi De Comnene 47 Daughter; widowed, 2 children, 1 surviving; born in France [Corsica]

Beatrice Peraldi De Comnene 19 Granddaughter; single; born in France [Corsica]

Felicia Vaccavelli 29 Servant; born in France [Corsica]

Francesca Vaccavelli 26 Servant; born in France [Corsica]

Francis Bucher 40 “Friend;” lawyer; single

(ED 578, 2A-B)

In 1880, Francis Bucher was living with his parents in Sunbury, Northumberland Co., PA. The 1889 and 1895 Philadelphia Directories list him as a lawyer working in the Drexel Building living first at 52 then at 50 N. 13^th St. In 1910, he was living in a hotel at 3817 Market St. In 1920, he was living with Beatrice De Comnene and her daughter at 4230 Pine St.

1906 Blue Book: Madame Emillie deAngeli

Baroness Giulia Peraldi deComnene

1930:

Candace Scott 75 Salesman for rubber co.; widowed; born in Ohio; renting for $125 per month

Edward Newland 25 Lodger; office clerk for electric co.; born in Kansas, parents bor in Illinois

James Wood 25 Lodger; public school teacher

Emery [?] Sondheimer 26 Lodger; clerk for steam railroad; born in Ohio, father born in Kentucky, mother in Ohio

William K Todd 26 Lodger; bank clerk

Earl McDow 22 Lodger; works for university; born in Calif., father born in N.C., mother in Calif.

(ED 397, 4A)

1950 Directory: John McKay

Elizabeth M. Monie, R.N.

Barbara Ward

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