3425 Race Street

 

3423-25: “Circa 1875, two-and-one-half story, Second Empire style double~house with stone facade and asphalt-shingled mansard. First floor full-height windows have been replaced by aluminum-sided projecting bay. Original wood. part removed; metal substituted. Scroll-shaped and simple bracketed cornice below mansard which has four dormers with arched window heads.”

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

 

History

1880:

James Harding             43        Cooper [makes casks and barrels]; born in Ireland

Bridget Harding           41        Born in Ireland

Mary Murphy               22        Servant; father born in Ireland

(ED 483, 19)

 

1881 Directory: James Harding (Harding & Hamilton)

                         Harding & Hamilton (James Harding & Richard Hamilton) coopers, 307 Walnut & 1515 Otsego

 

1887 Directory: James Harding (Harding, Baer & Du Bois), & (James Harding & Co.), 3425 Race

                         Harding, Baer & Du Bois, (James Harding, John N. Baer & James P. Du Bois) shoes, 919 Race

                          James Harding & Co., shoes, 1517 & coopers, 1521 S. Front

 

1895 Directory: James Harding (Harding & Du Bois)

                         Harding & Du Bois, (James Harding & James P. Du Bois) shoes, 919 Race

 

1900:

Albert D Savage          41        Father born in Va.; renting

Ida V Savage               37        Married 18 years, 2 children; born in Md., father born in Va., mother in Md.

Anna Eliza Savage      16

Mary L Savage             13

Mary Brown                 16        Servant; black; born in Va.

(ED 578, 3A)

            In August, 1902, the New York Times reported that “Lieut. Joseph H. Dent of the Forty-seventh Infantry, United States Army [and 202 N. 35th St.], who returned from the Philippine Islands, came to Atlantic City to-day to claim his bride, Miss. Anna E. C. Savage.” 

 

1910:

Albert Savage              50        Own income; married once; renting

Ida V Savage               47        Married for a second time, 3 children; born in Md.

Mary L Savage             22

Hattie Scola                 31        Servant, cook; mulatto; married once, 9 years, 4 children; born in Md.

(ED 533, 2B)

 

1920:

Albert Savage              60        Parents born in Va.; owner, free of a mortgage

Ida Savage                   58        Born in Md.

Mary Savage                30        Born in Md.

(ED 688, 2B)

 

1950 Directory: Mrs. Anna E. [Savage] Dent

            In 1930, she lived at 2113 Porter St. with three of her children.  In 1950, her sister-in-law, Mary Dent, still lived in the family home which was across the street at 202 N. 35th St.

 

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