3602 Hamilton Street

 

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The History of the Building

 

“Circa 1870, three-story Italianate double with Victorian porch, bracketed flat overhanging roof, full-height first floor windows. Stucco over brick”

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

 

The 1892 Bromley Atlas shows 3604 as a vacant lot owned together with 3602.

 

Previous Residents

 

1870:

Malcolm Campbell      43        Stock broker; real estate: $16,000; property: $8,000; his father was foreign-born.

Martha Campbell         39

Mary L. Campbell        16

John A. Campbell        15

Kate A. Campbell        14

Alexander Campbell    12

Malcolm Campbell, Jr. 10

James W. Campbell       3

Martha A. Campbell      1

Grace Deming             35                    Domestic Servant; born in Ireland; she could not read or write

Hannah Poll                22                    Domestic Servant; born in Ireland

Annie McBride            23                    Domestic Servant; born in Ireland

(1st Enumeration: pp 15-16; 2nd Enumeration: p 29)

            The 1870 census was run in June.  The 1861 Directory listed Malcolm Campbell, stockbroker, 35th below Baring which is 317 N. 35th St..  The1866 Directory: Malcolm Campbell, “Adam’s Express, h Hamilton near 33rd, Mantua.”  In 1880, they boarders living at 3401 Walnut St.  Malcolm listed his occupations as “mining and real estate.”

 

1872 Atlas shows the owner as M. Campbell.

 

1870-’72: A deed transfer was recorded transferring a property from Malcolm and Martha A. Campbell to William W. Allen (Book 202, p 242).

 

1880:

William W. Allen         45        Insurance broker; father born in N.J.

Elizabeth G. Allen      43

Mary M. Allen             17

John Allen                   13

Rodney D. Allen            9

Charles C. Allen            7

William R. Allen            5

Mary Smith                  25        Servant; born in England, parents in Ireland

Kate Fullooney            23        Servant; parents born in Ireland

(ED 487, 23)

            In 1870, they lived down the block at 3614 Hamilton St.  In 1900, William was living at 3417 Hamilton St. with his second wife, Annie.  In the 1910 Census and the 1906 Blue Book, he is listed at 3419 Hamilton St.

 

1887 Directory: Allen, John, bookkeeper

 

1890: Albert W Borst

            In 1900 and 1910, the Borst family lived next-door at 3600 Hamilton St.

 

1892: “Mary Collins, 20 years, a domestic employed at 3602 Hamilton street, was arrested yesterday by Special Officer Henbridge, of the sixteenth police district, charged with systematically robbing her mistress, Mrs. E. Burrows.  Magistrate Clarke committed her in default of bail.” (Phila. Inquirer, Nov., 11, 1892)

 

1895 Directory: Charles A. Jenkins, salesman

                         Robert H. Jenkins, salesman

            In 1870, they lived at 3714 Baring St. and in 1880, they lived at 3720 Baring St.  The city directories for 1887-91 list him as a partner in Wood, Brown & Co., dry goods dealers, at 822-826 Market St. and living at 3703 Powelton Ave.

 

1896: Brown, Samuel H., Jr.; Home: Bala, residence: 3604 Hamilton St. [3602/04?]

            (Catalogue of the University of Pennsylvania.)

 

1900: 

Charles A. Jenkins       58        Dry goods merchant; born in Va., parents born in N.Y.; owned with a mortgage

Emma L. Jenkins         55        Married 35 years, 6 children

Gertrude Jenkins         33        Clerk in auditing dept.  of a trust co.; single

Alice C. Fuller             28        Daughter; married 8 years, 1 child

Robert H. Jenkins        26        Son; dry goods merchant

Bertha A. Jenkins        23        Daughter; school teacher

Charles A. Jenkins       19        Salesman, Dennison (?)  manuf.  co.

Kate Glenn                  24        Servant; widowed with one child; born in Ireland, immigrated 9 years earlier

(ED 543, 9B)

 

1910: 

Charles A. Jenkins       68        Dry goods salesman; born in Va.; owned free of a mortgage

Emma H. Jenkins        65

Gertrude Jenkins         43        Clerk in insurance; single

Herbert H. Jenkins      39        Dry goods salesman; single

Bertha A. Jenkins        34        School teacher; single

Charles A. J. Jenkins    29        Son; novelty salesman; married

Mary McCallum           41        Servant; widowed, no children; born in Ireland, immigrated in 1888

(ED 492, 3B)

 

1920: 

Charles A Jenkins        75        born in Pa.[?], parents born in N.Y.

Emma L Jenkins          73

Gertrude Jenkins         50        Secretary for an estate

Robert H Jenkins         39        Manager for Howe Seal Co. [?]

Bertha A Jenkins         35        Public school teacher

Ethel Campbell           26        Servant; black; born in Jamaica, immigrated in 1919

(ED 686, 4A)

 

1930:

Louisa J. Bennett         64        Widowed; owner, house valued at $6,000

Charles J. Bennett        40        Son; representative [?] for a college [coded as a canvasser]

Gertrude Jenkins         66        Sister; stenographer for a private family

Rebecca Brown           26        Servant; black; born in S.C.

(ED 710, 8A)

            Louisa Jenkins Bennett was the widow of Joseph S. Bennett, an estate agent.  In 1920, they lived at 6310 Woodbine Ave.  They had another son, Charles, who was an electrical engineer, and a daughter, Eleanor.

 

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