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: Mr. & Mrs. Balfour
James Balfour
Miss C. Balfour
In
1895, they lived at 3316 Arch
St. (See that address for
biographical information.)
1900:
John M. Wesley 38 Flour merchant
Florence B. Wesley 38 Married 12 years, 1 child
Lovina B Wesley 9
Lovina B. Billington 79 Mother-in-law;
widowed, 3 children, 2 surviving; born in N.Y.
James H. Billington 42 Brother-in-law;
works in manufacturing
Sarah Baldwin 40 Nurse; single
(ED 578, 9B)
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